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Steve Bruce fears his Hull side's impressive start to life back in the Premier League is in danger of being undermined by mounting injury problems.

The newly-promoted Tigers have already lost centre-back James Chester and former Slovenian international midfielder Robert Koren for two months each with a torn hamstring and a broken foot respectively.

Now, Republic of Ireland winger Robbie Brady is facing a spell on the sidelines with a hernia problem which may need surgery.

Boss Bruce, who has picked up seven points from the opening five fixtures, is hoping the former Manchester United man can continue to play through the pain at least until next month's international break.

He said:"Robbie has a problem that will obviously need to be sorted out sooner or later.

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"We shall continue to monitor him and see how he goes and, at this stage, it is touch and go whether or not he will need an operation.

"The last thing you need after just coming up from the Championship is injuries to key players - and we have already got two key men ruled out for lengthy spells.

"Losing these lads is a big blow, but now we have just got to get on with it and hope we don't have any more bad luck on the injury front."