Championship striker immediately explains why he projectile vomited on pitch in viral video

Hull City striker Oli McBurnie has revealed too many caffeine gels at half-time led to him violently being sick on the pitch.

In a video that has gone viral, the centre-forward can be seen being sick at the start of the second half against Portsmouth.

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With the score locked at 0-0, and with the second half about to begin, McBurnie was hunched over and looking in discomfort.

He then was sick all over the Fratton Park pitch – though he remained out with his teammates to play the full 90 minutes.

And it was Hull that came out on top as they claimed a 1-0 victory thanks to a second-half goal from Matt Crooks.

As the clip of McBurnie vomiting started to do the rounds on social media, the former Sheffield United striker took to X to explain why he was a little worse for wear.

Along with posting laughing and vomiting emojis, he quipped: “Might need to cut down on the caffeine gels at half-time.”

Fortunately for the striker, the incident was nothing like Jacob Ramsey‘s situation for Newcastle United in their 3-2 defeat to Everton.

The all-action midfielder was replaced just before half-time by Joe Willock after being sick on the St James’ Park pitch.

He headed immediately down the tunnel, with Eddie Howe since confirming Ramsey is suffering from illness.

Scotland international McBurnie only linked up with Hull last summer, where he has helped them sit fifth in the Championship table.

Across 27 games in all competitions, the 29-year-old has chipped in with 14 goals and seven assists.

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The promotion charge is on

Hull last played in the Premier League during the 2016/17 season, going down after one year back in the top-flight.

But they are well in the play-off race now.

And while they secured a massive win on the south coast, manager Sergej Jakirovic has declared he wasn’t happy with his side’s performance.

He told BBC Radio Humberside.: “We didn’t play good, our performance was average.

“We missed a lot in possession, you can play but you don’t have control – (we made) unforced errors, giving the ball away.

“At half- time we agreed we can play with much more confidence – be more vertical and we increased energy with the substitutions – (we were) not 100 per cent in the first half.

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“I was angry – it wasn’t our face, our performance. I don’t care any more about impressionsn but I would like that we play much better.

“I felt that we had one chance because we were mostly in our half. We took three points which is most important.”