Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic was left with "regret" after his side were held to a 1-1 draw by Brentford at the MKM Stadium on Sunday.

Hull went ahead in the 24th minute, thanks to Oliver McBurnie's penalty after Aaron Hickey bundled over Tim Iroegbunam inside the box, following Caoimhin Kelleher’s poor pass.

Dango Ouattara blazed over the woodwork shortly afterwards, but he eventually brought Brentford level midway through the second half.

That all came after Ryan Giles failed to clear Jaidon Anthony’s left-wing centre, allowing Igor Thiago to pick up the loose ball and square it to Ouattara for a tap-in at the back post.

Anthony almost won it for the Bees, but his fierce strike flew inches past the upright before Mohamed-Ali Cho forced Kelleher into a smart stop at the other end.  

Hull moved up to 10th in the Premier League, having earned 10 points from their opening eight games. 

The Tigers are unbeaten across their last 15 home Premier League games in which they have netted the opening goal (W9 D6), since a 2-1 defeat to Tottenham in November 2014.

Jakirovic, though, was left wanting more.

"I think we played a good game, especially in the first half," said Jakirovic. 

"We were much more aggressive in duels, we won a lot of first and second balls. 

"Maybe there were some cheap mistakes, bad passing, bad receiving, but you see how fast they are – in five seconds they were in our box.

"We should have scored one or maybe two more with better decisions.

"I can regret the chance we had through Mohamed-Ali Cho and [Joe] Gelhardt, maybe it should have been 2-1, but in the end I think it's a fair result."

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Brentford, meanwhile, are now winless in three Premier League games.

McBurnie's penalty marked the first time Brentford have conceded the first goal in a league game this season, making them the 20th and final team to suffer that fate in 2026-27.

"It was a tough game and it was always going to be a tough game. I’ve got a lot of respect for Sergej and the journey he’s taken this team on – I think it's been remarkable," said Brentford boss Keith Andrews, a former Hull player.

"We reacted well at half-time, the impact from the bench was pretty good but it was a tough game.

"We lacked a bit of cohesion at times in how we played, we've got very good players and good players on the bench and I think it's important that when they come on they realise that they have to impact the game.

"It's nice today that they had that impact."