Boss Phil Brown believes Hull's shock victory at Arsenal has lost them that element of surprise in the Premier League. He told Sky Sports News: "It was a great result. It was a fantastic week, we've really enjoyed ourselves on the training ground. But literally 15 minutes after the game I'm thinking about Tottenham.

"That might sound a bit far-fetched when you've just beaten Arsenal at the Emirates, but it's true.

"The most important and pleasing thing about Saturday's result was that the players carried out our instructions to the 'nth' degree. Everything had to go according to plan for us to win the game, and it did.

"There's no doubt at my mind it's going to be a lot more difficult because these guys (Spurs) are fighting for their lives at the moment and they're good players, make no mistake about it.

"We've arrived. We were written off before the start of the season and I think people are slowly and surely people are starting to take us seriously. And there lies our next problem.

"The biggest problem we've got to overcome is that people start respecting us as a Premier League club and we've got to step up to the plate even more."