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Sheffield Wednesday manager Garry Monk suffered his first league defeat in charge of the Owls on Tuesday night, with Wednesday losing 1-0 at Yorkshire rivals Hull City to end a three-match unbeaten run at the start of his time in charge of the club.

Monk's start to life at Hillsborough has been largely promising so far, with the former Birmingham City manager picking up a 2-0 win at Huddersfield in his first game in charge, before a 1-1 draw at home to Fulham and an impressive 4-1 win at Middlesbrough, but Tuesday's defeat highlights a recurring theme in Wednesday's season so far that could prevent them pushing for the play-offs.

The Owls have so far been beaten on four occasions following Tuesday's loss at Hull, each of which have been by a single goal margin in matches that have been tight contests for large periods, and that also cost the club last season with seven of Sheffield Wednesday's 14 Championship defeats coming by a single goal margin last term.

That will be a concern for Monk as he is a manger that likes his teams to keep matches tight, often deploying a deep low block and at times conceding the majority of possession to opponents so that his side can catch them out on in transition, which is something that was prominent in his time at Birmingham, with the Blues drawing 19 matches last term.

The style that Monk is trying to impose on his players was evidenced in style in Wednesday's 4-1 win at Middlesbrough, with the Owls allowing the home side to have more of the ball and then hit them on the counter-attack, which they did ruthlessly on that particular occasion.

However, it could be difficult for the Owls to emulate that on a consistent basis straight away, and although they have only conceded nine league goals so far there are still question marks over whether Sheffield Wednesday can withstand attacking pressure for large periods and still record clean sheets, which was highlighted by Tom Eaves' winner for Hull on Tuesday.

Wednesday conceded 62 league goals last season, which was the joint most of any side to have finished in the division's top half last year, which suggests that the Owls could still be vulnerable in defence at times throughout this campaign as well - although that should eventually improve under Monk's coaching.

Monk will need to ensure that his side are able to come out on the right side of the result in tight matches during the rest of the season, if he is going to able to get Sheffield Wednesday pushing for the play-offs, and there have been early signs of improvement in that regard but Tuesday's defeat just highlights there is work still to be done.