Hull boss Phil Brown admitted his side's second-half performance in the 4-1 FA Cup third-round defeat at Wigan "wasn't acceptable". A superb Geovanni free-kick have the Tigers a half-time lead but the visitor's collapsed in the second half to a 4-1 defeat.

Brown felt the need to say sorry to the estimated 700 Tigers fans who battled a Pennine blizzard to get to the game.

He said: "I don't like the way we played in the second half and I would like to apologise to the fans. The second-half performance wasn't acceptable.

"A lot of people talk about the FA Cup still having its magic but when you look at the size of the crowd it was a poor turnout. It was a poor turnout from us in the second half as well.

"As a manager I was very comfortable at half-time, probably the most comfortable I have felt. I felt we controlled the game and defended well when we needed to. In the second half, for some reason, that went by the wayside. The threat of N'Zogbia's pace on the left-hand side seemed to be a constant thorn in our side and we didn't deal with it sufficiently."