Hull boss Mike Phelan hailed Robert Snodgrass for digging deep and helping to end the team's six-game Premier League losing streak in the weekend's 2-1 success over Southampton.

The fact Hull were able to get so much out of the Scotland international is a surprise as he was named among the substitutes following a speedy recovery from an ankle injury sustained last month which had an initial prognosis of four weeks out.

"Every club has a player or several that are different to everyone else and he is one of them," Phelan said. "At the start of the game he wasn't ready and it was a big, big risk whether he could get through the game.

"We looked at 30 minutes but he managed to find everything that is required of a good player and he showed his quality.

"Mentally Snoddy was one who was prepared to be on the bench, he was prepared to come on and do his bit, albeit for longer than we expected. But he produced and quality players at this level have to produce."