A glaring blunder by goalkeeper Allan Mcgregor skilled Belgian side Lokeren a limited playing point over Hull in their Europa League play-off first leg.

The 32-year-old passed straight to Hans Vanaken before the Lokeren midfielder adjusted the previous Rangers plug and moved the ball into the net.

Mcgregor had prior kept out Nill De Pauw's savagely struck 18-yard shot.

Body forward Yannick Sagbo squandered an extraordinary chance from short proximity while David Meyler was denied late on.

BBC Radio Humberside's David Burns

"What was Allan Mcgregor doing? That is a catastrophe. There was no peril there."

It leaves the Tigers with everything to do in the second leg at the KC Stadium on 28 August in the event that they are to make the gathering stage in their first season of European football.

Steve Bruce's side did fight against eminent loss to beat Slovakia's Trencin in the past round.

Anyhow their absence of forefront before objective, on a day when the Tigers had an offer for Blackburn striker Jordan Rhodes rejected, will concern Bruce.

Structure City fans at Lokeren

Structure City were sponsored by 1,200 voyaging fans in Belgium,

Previous Monaco striker Sagbo scraped a seventh-moment chance when he ought to have scored, while Sone Aluko and Robbie Brady likewise squandered chances to score an away objective.

The Tigers manager rolled out nine improvements to the side that began the 1-0 win at Queens Park Rangers on the opening day of the Premier League season, with 21-year-old protector Harry Maguire making his introduction in the wake of marking from Sheffield United a month ago.

Structure were agreeable for long periods however Mcgregor's howler could yet demonstrate immoderate.

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Bruce on KSC Lokeren v Hull City

There was no threat when he got the ball in the 58th moment. Vanaken committed no error in scoring and left the goalkeeper holding his head in his grasp.

Structure pushed for a late equalizer, and their 1,200-in number voyaging backing were denied when Davino Verhulst tipped Meyler's endeavor over after great work by Aluko.

What's more their disappointing night was summed up when James Chester some way or another figured out how to miss the focus with a free header from Aluko's cross.

Frame City supervisor Steve Bruce:

"We've committed a moronic error and its cost us the match.

"Allan won us the match on Saturday and after that he commits an error like that. That is the life of a goalkeeper for you.

"Up until that minute we were extremely agreeable. We were going admirably and the greater part of a sudden the top collapsed."