The winger hasn’t found the net since his famous Rabona strike at

Hull City head coach Liam Rosenior has backed star man Jaden Philogene to rediscover his form and help reignite the Tigers’ quest for a place in the play-offs.

Philogene hasn’t scored in his previous eight games since his audacious Rabona goal in the comeback win at Rotherham United, with his most recent assist coming at Southampton, which was also the Tigers’ last victory taking his tally to eight goals and six assists since his much-publicised summer move from Aston Villa.

The winger, who did enjoy a goalscoring international break away with England’s Under-21s in Azerbaijan, has seen his last 30 efforts on goal fail to yield a goal, but Rosenior is convinced the 22-year-old will find his mojo once more as the City chief looks to inspire a return to winning ways for his side at Cardiff this weekend.

“His performances have been really really good as a wide player. I think what’s happened with Jaden, over his career, he scored five goals before he came here in maybe 40 games. He came here and we said he would fit into our system and he played like a house on fire,” Rosenior said when asked to assess Philogene’s form in recent weeks.

“He was playing freely, he got a really unfortunate and serious knee injury. It’s a medial knee injury and like any player, it takes time to get back from so he gets back in and around February after nearly three months out.

“One of the things I’ve been saying all season is about unrealistic expectations. He’s 22 years old, he’s going to have highs, he’s going to have lows. What we can’t do is pin all of our hopes on him, he’s a fantastic young player, he’s got an unbelievable career ahead of him, he’s a great lad.”

Some City fans were also unhappy that Philogene headed straight down the tunnel at Elland Road on Monday night, instead of joining the rest of the players and staff in applauding the 3,000 away supporters who backed their team so well against Leed in a performance that deserved more than the nothing it ended up with.

“One of the things I’ve been saying all season is about unrealistic expectations. He’s 22 years old, he’s going to have highs, he’s going to have lows. What we can’t do is pin all of our hopes on him, he’s a fantastic young player, he’s got an unbelievable career ahead of him, he’s a great lad.”

Some City fans were also unhappy that Philogene headed straight down the tunnel at Elland Road on Monday night, instead of joining the rest of the players and staff in applauding the 3,000 away supporters who backed their team so well against Leed in a performance that deserved more than the nothing it ended up with.