Phil Brown was left ecstatic after watching his Hull City side record their second clean sheet of the season in the 1-0 win over West Ham.

And despite admitting that his side paid the Hammers too much respect during the first half, he was delighted with the way the Tigers responded to his half time team-talk.

"I'm ecstatic with the clean sheet," said Brown.

"I like one-nils, although I know the fans won't. But one-nils get you three points and if you keep a clean sheet against quality opposition, you have got a chance of winning the game.

"We've scored from another set-piece. Can we survive on set-pieces this year? Not entirely and we need to provide a little bit more quality with the ball.

"We changed one or two things at half time on Sunday and decided to get more into West Ham's faces higher up the pitch.

"I felt we were dropping off too much and paying them a little bit too much respect in the first half. Consequently, they were causing us problems.

"After the break, Daniel Cousin and Marlon King started engaging their two centre halves a little bit earlier and that made things a little bit easier for our midfield three, who I thought were getting picked off in the first half."

Brown also revealed there was a real buzz in the City dressing room after the game.

"They went in, put the music on and started dancing. I've never seen it before in my life!

"Football has changed over the years, there's no doubt about it. People are now dancing in the changing room, so you don't have to do a warm down anymore.

"There's a great atmosphere at the moment and long may it continue."