TIMID FOXES SUNK BY DEADLY DELAP

ENZO Maresca blamed his high-riding Leicester side’s lack of a cutting edge as they suffered their first defeat of the season.

- Steve Davies

LEICESTER CITY 0

HULL CITY 1, Delap 15

Liam Delap’s first-half strike brought an end to Leciester’s 100 per cent start to the Championship season.

It was also Leicester’s first defeat of the campaign in all competitions as Manchester City loanee Delap’s goal was enough to give Hull their third league win of the campaign.

The closest Maresca’s side came to an equaliser was when second-half substitute Abdul Fatawu hit a post.

But it was a result that knocked the promotion favourites off the top of the Championship table.

“We cannot think we’re not going to lose a single game this season,” said Maresca. “We’ve played seven matches so far, and if you’d said to me at the start that we’re going to win six and lose one, I’d have accepted it.