Hull City head coach Sergej Jakirovic felt his team came close to defensive perfection as they won 1-0 at second-placed Middlesbrough.
The Tigers head coach, who also gave an injury update on Mohamed Belloumi, told BBC Radio Humberside:"We were almost perfect in the defensive phase because we knew Middlesbrough would have the ball and are really dangerous.
"They have the biggest possession [percentage] in this league, and that's the reason we changed our system today so we had control in the middle zone to try to direct them on the sides and then when they had a cross in our box we had control there.