Mike Phelan was left cursing Hull City's rotten luck in front of goal after West Ham United snatched a 1-0 victory over the dominant Tigers on Saturday.
Mark Noble's penalty 15 minutes from time ensured that Hull's winless run on the road stretched to seven Premier League games, but the result did not tell the full story on an afternoon that Phelan's side dominated.
The Tigers manager watched on as his players hit the woodwork three times, while Hammers' goalkeeper, Randolph,pulled off a superb one handed stop to deny centre back Harry Maguire giving the away outfit a deserved lead in the first half.
14 - Hull have conceded the first goal of the game on 14 occasions this season in the PL; more often than any other team. Routine.
Speaking after the game at the London stadium, in quotes published by FourFourTwo, Phelan lamented his side's misses before going on to praise his players for the manner of their performance.
The ex-Manchester United assistant manager said: "It's difficult when your team is doing ever so well, you feel for them because you want them to score the goals and get the credit. If we can play like that, we just need a stroke of genius or luck to get us goals."
Dieumerci Mbokani struck the left hand post in the first 45 after latching on to a stray back pass from Aaron Cresswell, while Andy Robertson cracked a thunderous drive off the same post in the second half.
West Ham captain Noble almost netted past his own keeper after the interval too from Robertson's teasing centre, and the midfielder made the Tigers pay for their lack of composure in front of goal with the game's winning goal on 75 minutes.
The spot kick, though, was won in controversial circumstances after Michail Antonio was felled by Tom Huddlestone, with replays suggesting that the West Ham man had gone to ground too easily.
Asked about the incident, Phelan refused to blame referee Lee Mason despite clearly being disgruntled at losing a match his side had bossed.
He added: "We gave the opportunity for the referee to make a decision “ and he took it. The post is there to stand in the way of a goal and it did that a few times. You have to have a wry smile on your face or you'd be very, very depressed."
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