Sergej Jakirovic claims Hull star could have been sent off if he didn’t get involved in touchline spat at Newcastle

SERGEJ JAKIROVIC warned everyone not to mess with Oli McBurnie after Hull’s bad-tempered defeat. Newcastle ended the Tigers’ unbeaten run with early strikes from Joe Willock and Lewis Hall. Hull City’s Sergej Jakirovic was held back from confronting Newcastle’s staff at full time Credit: AFP The Bosnian stepped in after Oli McBurnie became embroiled in a row with Toon’s bench Credit: Shutterstock Editorial And Tigers boss Jakirovic — whose side pulled one back through Mohamed-Ali Cho — told the Toon’s coaching staff to “sit down” and “shut up” after they took umbrage with his Scotland striker. The player was also spotted telling them to “f*** off” before Bosnian Jakirovic’s angry exchange after the whistle. Sign up for the Football newsletter Thank you! He said: “One member of staff provoked Oli McBurnie and I’m there to protect him because he is also an explosive guy. “He could get a yellow or a red card, so I have to protect him. But what happened on the pitch stayed on the pitch.” While Newcastle went unpunished, Jakirovic was spotted confronting Toon staff after full time. He had two of his staff booked during the game for overcrowding his technical area — and he accused referee Tony Harrington of double standards. He fumed: “It’s not that we were complaining to the referee. We were trying to give some instructions to our players. “This is normal. I cannot see everything, so I have my staff also — but to give just my staff yellow cards without the Newcastle bench, it’s not fair.” Most read in Sport BEST FREE BETS AND BETTING SIGN UP OFFERS Newcastle manager Matthias Jaissle hinted that Hull’s bench had not been angels themselves. He said: “I cannot say too much but I think there were some comments [from them]. “I hope they shook hands afterwards and everything is good again.” After one Prem defeat in five games, German Jaissle is enjoying life in England. He added: “I simply love it so far. Every match is so tough but also small margins are deciding games. “Really enjoyable and I’m proud to be the Newcastle manager.” Tempers threatened to boil over after the final whistle at Newcastle Credit: Shutterstock Jakirovic felt his staff had been treated unfairly by ref Tony Harrington Credit: Reuters Comment now