Silva: We need to take a look at ourselves

Hull City boss Marco Silva has called on his side to take a long, hard look at themselves after a loss to fellow relegation rivals Leicester City left them four points from safety.

Sam Clucas put Hull ahead early on but goals from Riyad Mahrez and Christian Fuchs, and a late own goal by Tom Huddlestone, took the game beyond Hull.

The damaging defeat, and with just one league win in their last six outings, increases the significance of next weekend’s clash with Swansea City at the KC Stadium.

And manager Silva believes the Tigers must focus on themselves before they can rely on the sides around them to drop points.

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“First we need to look for our work and our games – it is our focus to take points from our games, then after we can see the table and the other results,” Silva said.

“But first off all we need to look at ourselves.

“Of course it was not a good result for us. Like I expected before it was a very fast game during the 90 minutes.

“Leicester started strong and we tried to answer in the same level and put some counter-attacks to cause problems for them.

“The game was then really very balanced again – but then with one good shot outside of the box led to a good goal by Leicester. We reacted very well again but of course when you have good chances in the game you have to score.”