Hernandez: It’s all about Hull, not me
Hull City striker Abel Hernandez put the emphasis on his side’s Premier League survival fight rather than personal glory after his double helped sink Bournemouth 3-1.
Hernandez has breathed life back into the Tigers’ season since returning from a two-month lay-off following hernia surgery three games ago.
He marked his comeback with a goal in Hull’s 2-0 FA Cup win against Swansea last week and sparked a deserved fightback against Bournemouth in head coach Marco Silva’s first league game in charge.
The Uruguayan headed a first-half equaliser after Hull had fallen behind to Cherries winger Junior Stanislas’ thirdminute penalty and rammed home an excellent second soon after half-time before Tyrone Mings’ own goal sealed a first league victory since November 6.
“It was a good win and a good performance and so we can look forward now,” Hernandez said after the victory saw Hull climb off the foot of the table.
“I am happy to score two very good goals, but the most important thing was that the team got a very important win, so I am very happy.
“We are happy with this win and we need to win more games now because the important thing this season is that we stay in the Premier League.”
Silva, who has said it would require “a miracle” for Hull to stay up – has had little time to work with his players but has been encouraged by what he has seen so far.
“We need to improve a lot. It’s not small things,” Silva said.
“We need to continue improving because it is different ideas, a different style of game, different style in training. We need to improve a lot.
“We don’t have time to prepare many, many things. But I saw many, many things (that were) different in our team.”