Premier League: Hull City boss Steve Bruce pleased with point against Arsenal
Sunday 19 October 2014 07:30, UK
Hull City manager Steve Bruce was pleased to see his side earn a point against Arsenal at the Emirates despite Danny Welbeck's injury-time equaliser denying the Tigers the win.
Alexis Sanchez opened the scoring for the Gunners before goals either side of half-time from Mohamed Diame and Abel Hernandez had Hull on course for a win, until Welbeck struck.
Bruce rued his side's penchant for conceding late goals afterwards but admitted he was ultimately very pleased to come away from north London with a point.
"I am satisfied with a point, but I think that is four times this season we've conceded in the last minute," he said.
"Today I didn't think we were going to concede because we were comfortable, but we ran out of juice badly because the international players had been away and we made a few mistakes.
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"I thought we were going to hang on to what would be a great win for us.
"However, I have been here before with teams where Arsenal have played the reserves and we have been beaten by six or five and gone away with our tails between our legs, so we have done extremely well to get a point."
The Tigers suffered some injuries during the game, with Nikica Jelavic twisting his knee during the warm-up, while defender Michael Dawson hobbled off in the second half with an ankle problem.
Goalkeeper Steve Harper looks set for a spell out of action after injuring his bicep in the first half and Bruce admitted he fears the injury is a serious one.
"It looks as if he has ruptured his bicep, which is a horrible injury," Bruce said.
"He would love me to say he did it when he tipped the ball over the bar from (Santi) Cazorla, but it was a shot somebody scuffed and he went down."