Hull City 0 Wigan Athletic 5

In a game which saw Phil Brown’s Hull City team restricted to just one shot on target all match (and I am being generous as it might have gone wide anyway), Latics proved that the first two disappointments were just a blip.

Hull started off bright enough but after going close in the first 4 minutes, Latics stepped up a gear and was soon in the lead through a wicked in swinging corner from Kevin Kilbane, which seemed to go straight in, but the goal went down as an own goal by Sam Ricketts.

There was nothing fortuitous about the second goal though as a clearance from defence saw a perfect pass to Valencia who used his pace to break away from the Hull defence and slot the ball in the back of Myhill’s net.

Two nil and nothing more than we deserved. Hull did manage on occasions to get through the Latics’ midfield, but their shooting was way off and made Chris Kirkland’s life very easy.

The rest of the half had Latics sitting back a bit and Hull could have gone in to the break 2-1 down but for a wayward header over the bar from an excellent corner by Geovanni.

The second half started in the same vain as the first and Hull again saw Turner head over from a Dawson free kick.

Folan fed Garcia but his weak shot was easily saved and was probably going wide anyway. Wigan played the holding game an kept Hull at bay until Kilbane went off and Michael Brown came on to partner Lee Cattermole in midfield. Brown made an immediate impact but his shot went well over from a Palacios cross.

Then a free kick saw Amr Zaki with the ball at his feet and he calmly placed the ball past Boaz Myhill for the third.Heskey joined in on the act just 5 minutes later after he ran onto a weak back pass and he slotted in from a tight angle.

The half was played out by Latics but Zaki had a goal given to him after he rasped a shot past the Hull keeper, it hit the bar and looked as though it bounced out but he linesman gave the gaol, saying it had bounced inside the goal line.

All in all a great day for Latics and the result was no more than we deserved. Latics move up to tenth in the table and their season is off and running.

The man of the match as voted for by the Official Supporters Club, Coach 1 (where I write this from) is Amr Zaki with over 45% of the votes.

Report by Jason Taylor