How Hull kept plan to stun Man Utd secret
Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic kept his plan to topple Manchester United on their Premier League return under wraps for weeks, assistant head coach Dean Holden tells Match of the Day.
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"We certainly didn't copy Ruben Amorim."
— Dean Holden , Athlete
"We are comfortable without the ball, so it is not like we are coming up here having dominated the Championship and now we have to change."
— Dean Holden , Athlete
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Hull City boss Sergej Jakirovic kept his plan to topple Manchester United on their Premier League return under wraps for weeks, assistant head coach Dean Holden tells Match of the Day.
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