I'm going home to freeze Teletext again

“It's not nice,” said Hull manager Phil Parkinson who is already coming under pressure from supporters just over three months into the job. “It's not where we want to be, but it is time to batten down the hatches, stick together and come out fighting and we will do that,” he added.

Speaking about the game he said: “We didn't start the game well enough and before we knew where we were, we were 2-0 down. Set plays were disappointing and we have to defend them better than we did.”

There were no obvious concerns for Burnley boss Steve Cotterill who had a broad smile on his face after the game and he started with a joke about the league table. “There's a long way to go, but second place does look good,” he said. “And it is funny because earlier in the season when we went top, I said that I was going to go home and freeze Teletext. The press printed my comment and Teletext kindly sent me some framed photographs of both there digital and analogue screens, and I thought that was fantastic.

“She was called Lisa, so what I need to say to her now is that I'm going home to freeze Teletext again, and I'm going to watch it with some Walkers Crisps, Galaxy Chocolate and a few cans of Stella Artois, but only a couple we have a game on Tuesday.”

On the game he thought Hull had made it difficult for us after we'd gone two goals in front. “It was a tough game,” he said. “Hull put a lot of balls into the box and put you under severe examination, but our centre halves were immaculate and it was a very good all round team performance in the first half.

“We were comfortable in the second half, and looked as if we didn't want to give anything away. Quite often the supporters, and the manager, want you to go and get that third goal. 2-0 is a very precarious scoreline. We were mindful of not conceding a goal and because of the desire to keep that clean sheet, we didn't go and get that third goal. We were probably worth more than our 2-0 lead but we'll take it.”

Speaking about the first goal, Michael Duff's first league goal for Burnley, he joked: “He's had a fair bit of stick, and rightly so. For someone so good in the air he hasn't got his quota of goals since coming here. But we're delighted for him and it is so important for players to chip in with goals. The likes of Andy Gray are in a rich vein of form but they won't always score.”