Hull City boss Steve Bruce admits he is “embarrassed” by his side’s 1-0 defeat to Burnley.
Hull have been in good form this season but they could do nothing about a second half strike from Ashley Barnes which gave Burnley their first Premier League win of the season on Saturday.
Bruce was visually not happy during the game and his comments after confirmed that he was not pleased with his side’s performance.
“It’s very rare in the two-and-a-half years I’ve been at the club that I can be embarrassed and say sorry to supporters who have travelled on an awful afternoon in their thousands,” Bruce said.
“I can obviously look at myself in making three substitutions before 60 minutes, which was obviously a gamble, but I have to say we were probably better with 10 men than we were with 11.
“That’s a sad indictment of the first hour in particular where we just nowhere near the level which has seen us stay up in the Premier League and have a decent start to the season.
“That performance has eroded all we’ve done because it was simply not good enough.
“We knew we didn’t want to be the first one [to lose to Burnley], but to be fair we’ve gifted Burnley their first win because we didn’t kick a ball in the first half.”