The Tigers had some atoning to do for last weekend’s loss to Fulham, and a 24th-minute Oli McBurnie penalty put them ahead before Dango Ouattara found an equaliser for the visitors after 63 minutes.

Though it was one point rather than three and Hull are awaiting a first victory since their defeat of Coventry on August 29, Jakirovic still felt his team had produced far more than they did at Craven Cottage.

“I think we played a good game, especially in the first half,” he said.

“We were much more aggressive in duels, we won a lot of first and second balls.

“Maybe there were some cheap mistakes, bad passing, bad receiving, but you see how fast they are – in five seconds they were in our box.

“We should have scored one or maybe two more with better decisions.

“In the second half, at around 60 minutes, we lost a little bit of control and they were better, but this is Brentford and they take more risks.

“I can regret the chance we had through Mohamed-Ali Cho and (Joe) Gelhardt, maybe it should have been 2-1, but in the end I think it’s a fair result.”

Brentford manager Keith Andrews, who had a spell at Hull as a player, was happy to see the response from the players who were brought off the bench during the second half in the lead up to their equaliser.

He said: “It was a tough game and it was always going to be a tough game. I’ve got a lot of respect for Sergej and the journey he’s taken this team on – I think it’s been remarkable.

“We reacted well at half-time, the impact from the bench was pretty good but it was a tough game.

“We prepared for this game as diligently as we did for Liverpool or Aston Villa, we knew it was coming but I don’t think we dealt with it as well as we could have at times.

“With how we defended, we were tentative at times and not as aggressive on occasions as we usually are but the opposition play a part in that and they were pretty good on that front.

“We lacked a bit of cohesion at times in how we played, we’ve got very good players and good players on the bench and I think it’s important that when they come on they realise that they have to impact the game.

“It’s nice today that they had that impact.”