What Man Utd fans at Hull did immediately after full-time speaks volumes after 2-0 defeat

Manchester United fans made their feelings perfectly clear after their 2-0 defeat away to Hull City in their opening game of the Premier League season.

Newly-promoted Hull scored twice in the opening 38 minutes through Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy to seal a dream start to their Premier League return.

United repeatedly looked shaky when it came to dealing with aerial balls, with both of Hull's goals coming through set-pieces.

At the other end, Michael Carrick's side posed little threat in the first half. Patrick Dorgu's low shot on the turn, which went wide of the post, was their best opportunity.

They failed to find a breakthrough in the second half either, with United consigning themselves to just their third defeat in 18 matches during Carrick's latest stint in charge.

And at full-time, United fans that made the trip to Hull summed up how they really felt.

Daily Mail reporter Chris Wheeler filmed the United players walking over to the away end to applaud the fans for their support - only to find that very little had remained.

The numbers may not have been helped by a PA announcement during the second half that all trains back to Manchester had been cancelled, but there were still large pockets of empty seats - and even fans walking out of the stand as United players applauded.

'We've got a lot to learn...' - Michael Carrick on Man Utd defeat

Speaking to TNT Sports reporter Jules Breach after full-time, Carrick said there were 'bits to improve on' for his side.

"It was never going to be perfect today, but I think going behind and giving ourselves a lot to do makes it more difficult," he said.

"It was probably one of those games with a newly-promoted team at home. You can't give them much, they've got a lot to hold on to.

"After that, we had moments, we had opportunities, we just didn't have that spark to put the chances away or create any more. So yeah, we're desperately disappointed with the result today.

"We'll keep improving through the week, we'll keep getting stronger as a group. That will come. Today, we can't ignore it and we've got a lot to learn from it, but we will do."

"Two goals conceded anyway is frustrating," he replied, when asked if he was particularly disappointed by conceding two goals from set pieces. "But for sure, set plays... we've been pretty good at it, really, over a period of time, and that decided the game today.

"Of course, there's things to improve on. That's one of them from today, which is pretty obvious to say, but in general we've been pretty good. One game doesn't change the direction of everything, we know that, but we've still got to be aware of what we need to get better at.

"It's one game - it's the first game of the season. So it's disappointing, and it hurts, of course it does. But it's one game, so it doesn't change the direction all of a sudden, or the whole course that the team's going in or the football club. So we stay calm, stay in the bubble, and we'll go again next week."