The Tigers claimed a first league double over the Welsh side in 77 years
Barry Cooper Hull City correspondent
12:00, 11 Mar 2026
Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson watches his side beaten by Hull City
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Wrexham manager Phil Parkinson watches his side beaten by Hull City(Image: Cody Froggatt/PA Wire)
Phil Parkinson admitted it wasn't Wrexham's night after losing 2-1 at home to play-off rivals Hull City, courtesy of goals from Joe Gelhardt and Lewis Koumas.
City were good value for their half-time lead, though it took until the 40th minute for Joe Gelhardt to score a delightful free-kick, before seeing a penalty kick saved a couple of minutes later.
Lewis Koumas headed City two in front just after the hour, before Nathan Broadhead tapped in from close range in the final 15 minutes to set up a grandstand finish.
Sergej Jakirovic's side held on to claim an impressive 10th away win of the season, leaving Parkinson to admit that their attempted fightback came too little too late.
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"First off, we made too many mistakes in our own back third with the ball, and we gave a good team possession in dangerous areas, and then we also gave free kicks away with a bit of frustration," the ex-Tigers boss said.
“There were some periods of decent play, and when we got Longy (Ryan Longman) on the ball in the first half, we looked dangerous. However, there wasn't a consistent enough flow in our play, and we made a lot of uncharacteristic mistakes with the ball.
“In the second half, we were loads better. We conceded, but we had good control. They're always going to be dangerous on the break, and then we got the goal back. On another day, we go and get the second. It wasn't our night. We weren't at our best. We've just got to move on to Friday (against Swansea City).”
The Red Dragons boss denied his side was feeling the impact of Saturday night's thrilling FA Cup loss to Chelsea, instead suggesting his players perhaps felt sorry for themselves with Kieffer Moore and Libby Cacace sidelined through injury, along with George Dobson, who was sent off against Liam Rosenior's Blues.
“I think people watching from the outside would probably say that they could have predicted a bit of mental and physical fatigue in the team. The only thing I'll say on that is in the second half, we didn't make those technical mistakes, and we did loads better.
“We upped our game and realigned ourselves individually and collectively, and did loads better. I just felt there was an element of Kieffer getting injured, Dobbo suspended and maybe a little bit of feeling sorry for ourselves.
"We've always had a real resilience about us here. We've had lots of games, lots of moments where people say, well, how are they going to come back from that?
“I just felt with the news about Kieffer and Libby (Cacace), before the game in the dressing room, there was a little bit of flatness. We've got to be bigger than that, and we've got to come out fighting on Friday.”
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