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Hull City must show positive reaction after FA Cup loss to Fulham - Silva

Premier League side Hull find themselves out of both the FA Cup and EFL Cup after back-to-back disappointments, and manager Marco Silva believes they need to swiftly show a positive reaction.

After crashing out of the EFL Cup to Manchester United in midweek, Hull were beaten by Fulham 4-1 in the FA Cup on Sunday.

A first-half strike from Sone Aluko was matched by Hull's Evandro just after half-time, but further efforts from Chris Martin, Ryan Sessegnon and Stefan Johansen capped a dominant display by the Championship side.

Hull were awarded two penalties with only minutes left of the match but Abel Hernandez missed both, which could cost him the spot-kick responsibility.

Silva said: "We will see. I need to think about it. It is a decision I will take for the next penalty.

"It is not easy when we lost like we did today. Fulham deserved it. We did not start well, we were out of focus.

"They started stronger, faster. Our concentration was not there at some moments, the first goal is a good example.

"We need a reaction. We will do our work, we lost this game and they deserved to win.

"Not everything is wrong. I will analyse the game with the players so we can prepare.''