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MATCH THREAD: HULL VS LIVERPOOL via /r/LiverpoolFC

MATCH THREAD: HULL VS LIVERPOOL

PREMIER LEAGUE: GAMEWEEK 24

MATCH INFORMATION

Stadium: KCOM Stadium

When is kickoff?: Check here

TV Channel: :(, The ECHO website will be running a live blog from James Pearce and Kristian Walsh at the KCom with Andy Kelly and Paul Gorst in ECHO headquarters in Old Hall Street, Liverpool. Or if you would rather a professional then I am also doing updates :)

It's also on Sky Sport 5

Who is the ref?: Lee Mason

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

Pre Match Thread - credit /u/emre23

[Gif Thread](---) - credit /u/Agent_Couts

Navi Stream(all devices) - credit /u/navixsport

Liverpool Discord Chat - credit /u/Flurin

FUN FACTS - credit /u/theresagoldensky

Hull City have lost just one of their four previous home Premier League games against Liverpool, winning the last two (W2 D1 L1).

Earlier this season, Liverpool beat the Tigers 5-1 at Anfield, with James Milner scoring twice from the spot.

James Milner has been directly involved in six goals in his last six Premier League games against Hull City (five goals, one assist).

Hull City are the only side yet to keep a clean sheet at home in the Premier League this season, conceding in all 11 games at the KCOM Stadium.

Liverpool, without a win in four, are on their longest Premier League winless run since September 2015 under Brendan Rodgers (also a run of four). They last endured a longer run in September 2012, a run of six games without a victory.

Jurgen Klopp is on his longest run without a win in league matches since February 2015 when he was manager of Borussia Dortmund (a run of five).

James Milner has converted three away penalties for Liverpool in the Premier League this season – only Steven Gerrard (8) in 2013/14 has scored more in a season for the Reds.

Hull’s 0-0 draw with Manchester United on Wednesday saw them keep only the second clean sheet of the Premier League season – a joint-league-low with Crystal Palace.

Only Sunderland (144) have allowed their opponents more shots on target this season than Hull City (138) Liverpool have attempted more shots on target (143) and scored more goals (52) than any other Premier League team this season.

Hull City have won more points in their three Premier League games under Marco Silva (4) than they did in their final nine games under Mike Phelan (3).

LINEUPS

Position Liverpool Hull Formation 4-3-3 4-3-3 GK Mignolet Jakupovic RB Clyne Robertson CB Lucas Elabdellaoui CB Matip Dawson LB Milner Maguire MID Henderson N'Diaye MID Can Huddlestone MID Lallana Clucas FWD Mane Grosicki FWD Coutinho Evandro STK Firmino Hernandez

Liverpool Substitutes: Karius, Alexander-Arnold, Gomez, Moreno, Wijnaldum, Origi, Sturridge

Hull Substitutes: Marshall, Tymon, Meyler, Ranocchia, Maloney, Mbokani, Niasse

MATCH UPDATES

Minute Event 1 Liverpool kick us off, free kick already up the pitch 2 Ball is crossed in and is hit out to Can, his shot goes out for a goal kick 3 Liverpool win a throw in and pass back to Migs, he kicks it long and Hull win a foul as a player is pushed while going for a header 4 Matip tries crossing it but it comes off a Hull player for a throw-in 5 Longball to Clyne who tries crossing to Mane but it's intercepted and cleared 6 Clyne has a go from outside the box but it goes over, goal kick 7 Good tracking back by Henderson, ball goes out for a Hull throw in 8 Liverpool try counter but Hull stop it and win the ball back 9 Hernandez gets a cross off but nobody from Hull is there to hit it in, goal kick 10 Throw in for Hull shortly after Migs slips while taking the goal kick 11 Shot from N'Diaye is soft and saved easily by Migs 12 Coutinho is tackled off the ball and Hull counter but Milner tracks back and wins the ball again 13 Pass into Milner who is behind the defense, tackled by a Hull player and convinced he won the corner but the goal kick is given 14 Hull player is down with a bloody nose - - 16 Play resumes and Liverpool get it forward. Milner tries crossing it but it's hit out for a corner 17 Corner is taken short and passed to Coutinho, his pass back in runs out for a goal kick 18 Firmino's shot is deflected and hits a Hull player in the arm, would have been harsh to give a penalty as it was a deflection 19 Longball by Liverpool is cleared by Hull but Liverpool keep possession 20 Matip passes to Clyne on the wing who tries a cross and wins a corner 21 Corner is hit in but is cleared 22 Cross by Firmino falls to Coutinho after the keeper hits it down but his shot is deflected, corner 23 Taken short again leads to nothing and Hull get the ball. Cross by Hull goes past everyone and Liverpool regain possession 24 Hull win a throw in and a free kick just after as Henderson shoves someone over 25 Free kick goes straight to Mignolet 26 Mane crosses the ball but Hull head it out for a throw-in 27 YELLOW CARD(MAGUIRE): Clyne pass to Mane on the wing, Mane is clattered by Maguire and wins a free kick 28 Cross is cleared and Liverpool win a throw in 29 Liverpool win the ball back a Coutinho tries crossing it into Mane but it's blocked and cleared 30 Henderson cross into Milner but he cannot control it and the ball is cleared for a Liverpool throw-in 32 Hull clear the ball and Liverpool win a throw-in 34 Liverpool are trying to win the ball back but Hull are passing quite well 35 Cross comes in on the ground and Migs jumps on it 36 Milner passes to Coutinho outside the box but his shot is blocked 37 Liverpool win a corner and Coutinho finds Matip but his header is wide, goal kick 38 Cross by Hull and a difficult header goes wide, goal kick 39 Freekick in a decent area for Liverpool as Clyne is fouled 40 Coutinho's shot is blocked and it falls to Lallana on the back of the box, Hull counter 41 YELLOW CARD(MILNER): Milner handballs it when he tries to control it, free kick 42 Ball bounces to Mane who tries counter with Clyne but the pass isn't great and the counter is stopped 43 Liverpool throw-in, Mane loses the ball and Hull counter but Matip gets it and passes back to Migs 44 Hull corner 45 HULL GOAL(N'DIAYE): Corner comes in and Migs can't catch it, it bounces down and it tapped it - 2 Added Minutes 45+1 Hull defend for the 2 minutes and the half ends 1-0

HALFTIME

Team Score Assist Goal Liverpool - - - Hull 1-0 Maguire N'Diaye

Minute Event 45 Liverpool throw in, they kick it up the pitch 46 Hull free kick on the edge of the box 47 It is defending and Liverpool clear it, Hull throw-in 48 Lallana gets the ball forward and his pass to Mane is deflected for a corner 49 Another corner and it falls to Matip who can't get the shot off fast enough, another corner 50 Headed towards goal but their keeper deals with it 51 Cross by Milner is headed out for another corner 52 Coutinho takes it and it is cleared by Hull, Liverpool win the ball back and pass it to Mane who can't get the cross off before he runs it out for a goal kick 53 Cross comes in and Can heads it to Milner who hits it at goal, the keeper catches it 54 Liverpool throw in, Lallana tries to keep a pass in but it goes to a Hull player who clears it. Comes off of Milner for a goal kick 55 Firmino tracks back trying to win the ball back but fouls the player, free kick 56 Throw for Liverpool. Lallana gets it forward and crosses to Mane on the back post whose header is saved and it's hit out for a corner 57 Milner's corner is unsurprisingly cleared 58 Ball to Clyne on the far post but he cannot get the cross off 59 Handball by Hull, free kick Liverpool 60 Crossed in by Milner, Matip's shot is blocked and the ball is cleared - Hull Sub 1/3: Evandro -> Tymon 62 Good play by Hull with a ball over the top but it results in a goal kick 63 Hernandez is 1v1 with Migs, the keeper gets down fast and saves it 65 Liverpool cross goes out for a corner - Hull Sub 2/3: Hernanzed -> Niasse 66 Amazing chance for Coutinho but he fucks it up again, not his month is it - Liverpool Sub 1/3: Can -> Sturridge 68 Cross by Lallana is headed out, he gets it again and wins a corner 69 Milner corner comes off the 1st man again, another corner 70 Good pass to Clyne by Hendo, Lallana's cross is hit out for a throw-in 71 Milner has a shot from outside the box but it is easily saved 72 Hull hit it out for a Liverpool throw in 73 Goal kick for Hull as Sturridge can't get anything done with the ball in the box 74 YELLOW CARD(TYMON): Mane is fouled on the outside of the box from behind 75 Shot by Milner goes way over, goal kick 76 Throw-in for Hull, Liverpool win the ball back. Sturridge wins a free kick 77 Throw-in for Liverpool. Lallana fumbles it and Hull get a cheap throw-in 78 Clyne cross goes out for a corner 79 Is hit away and Liverpool hit it back in. Goes straight to the keeper - Hull Sub 3/3: Grosicki -> Meyler 80 Lallana gets a cross off but it goes out for a goal kick 81 Hull free kick. It is cleared and Mane wins a throw-in on the break - Liverpool Sub 2/3: Lallana -> Origi - Liverpool Sub 3/3: Milner -> Moreno 85 HULL GOAL(NIASSE): Hull counter and Niasse slots it past Migs 87 Free kick for Hull in their half 88 Corner taken by Liverpool, falls to Hendo whose shot is saved 89 Another corner is hit away - 5 Added Minutes 90+2 Free kick for Hull 90+3 Hull throw in after a bad kick from Coutinho

FULLTIME

Team Score Assist Goal Liverpool - - - Hull 1-0 Maguire N'Diaye - 2-0 - Niasse

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Hull City 2 Man Utd 1 (2-3 on agg): Paul Pogba takes Jose Mourinho one step closer to first trophy at United

The 12th Cup final of Jose Mourinho’s career awaits at Wembley on Feb 26, and as with most of these occasions in his glittering career he will be expecting to win it, although you could hardly say that his Manchester United team sailed through this semi-final as they might have anticipated.

The song the away support sung relentlessly on this cold Humberside night was their new composition to the tune of Herman’s Hermits’ “I’m into something good”, that declares boldly that “Jose’s got United playing the way they should”. They won this EFL Cup semi-final tie but they lost on the night to a resolute Hull City and in doing so a 17-game unbeaten run that stretches back to the start of November.

The United manager was in denial about Hull City’s first goal, struck from the spot by Tom Huddlestone, after a controversial penalty decision by referee Jon Moss and he will choose to look at the bigger picture. They face a difficult run of fixtures with the derby game against Manchester City next month now requiring rescheduling but they have the chance to win a first trophy of the Mourinho era, and his fourth career League Cup.

Tom Huddlestone gave Hull the lead from the penalty spot Credit: getty images

He was in a bad mood afterwards, and he will have been concerned at how marginalised Paul Pogba was for long periods, although the midfielder did score the crucial goal that saw United through to the final against Southampton. The glass half-empty version is that they have not won any of their last three games, although the weekend FA Cup fourth round tie at home to Wigan Athletic will give them a chance to rest a few.

On the night they agreed to sell their best player, Robert Snodgrass, to West Ham, the perennially dysfunctional Hull were superb, especially Huddlestone, who ran the midfield and then Oumar Niasse who got the winner late on. Silva was usually laidback at the prospect of the Snodgrass deal going through within “hours” he said, and revealed that the Scotland international had not been training with the first team squad in recent day in anticipation of leaving.

There is a malaise around Hull that was reflected by the many empty seats in the home area before kick-off but it was notable that as the team got their act together, so the atmosphere grew. Silva made seven changes to the team that lost to Chelsea and there was a good mix in a first XI that included nine British and Irish players and more than its fair share of occasional misfits, one-time rejects, and under-achievers.

United will now be favourites to triumph over Southampton in the EFL Cup final Credit: pa

Huddlestone and Sam Clucas got the better of Pogba and Michael Carrick while Niasse, frozen out at Everton, looked like he had a point to prove. Silva might be a novice in the English game but for now he seems as willing as any manager to trust in young unproven English talent, selecting the 20-year-old Jarrod Bowen and the 17-year-old Josh Tymon in the same side.

Carrick and Marcus Rashford came back into the team, albeit with the latter playing on the left wing and Jesse Lingard on the opposite side. Playing in the No 10 role, Pogba looked like a man trying to find a foothold in the game. Zlatan Ibrahimovic was afforded just one chance when he had Michael Dawson retreating and forced a good save from David Marshall, back in goal for Hull.

On 34 minutes referee Moss spotted Marcos Rojo’s shirt pull on Harry Maguire as the Hull centre-half moved through the box at a corner on 34 minutes. There were the predictable displays of disbelief from the United players on behalf of their team-mate but no question that Rojo had hold of his opponent.

Huddlestone could not disguise his intention to strike the ball low to David De Gea’s right but he hit it cleanly and precisely enough that it was past the United goalkeeper before he could get down to save. This looked like it could be Huddlestone’s night with his passing, for the main part, crisp and intelligent but he was to be unlucky on United’s goal.

Paul Pogba levelled for United just after the hour mark Credit: pa

United had been given due warning earlier when Huddlestone had lobbed the ball back into the area and Dawson had killed it beautifully only for Rojo to sweep in and make a good challenge. Mourinho was raging seven minutes into the second half when Huddlestone had leant into Chris Smalling in the area and knocked him over and United certainly had a case.

In the meantime, the Hull manager Silva had gambled again, bringing on the new Brazilian signing Evandro and Lazar Markovic, newly loaned from Liverpool to try to get the second goal which would take the game into extra-time. “This boy is a very good manager,” Mourinho said later of his compatriot, “I said this from the start.”

Huddlestone was being given a lot of time to run the game and yet he was doing his defensive work too and it was when he managed to get a foot to the ball as Rashford ran into the box that the goal eventually came for United. Running onto the ball, and making easily his most significant contribution of the evening was Pogba who, it should be said, finished neatly by stroking his shot past Marshall into the far corner.

Oumar Niasse's goal gave Hull victory on the night, but was not enough to win over the two legs Credit: pa

It left Hull requiring two goals to take the game into extra-time and they never gave up the ghost. Niasse clattered a header against the bar with 12 minutes left and he scored the winner on the night with six minutes remaining. That came from David Meyler’s cross from the right which the Senegalese striker was in the right place to finish. He deserved it.

Late on in the game there was one of those runs from Maguire that can end up anywhere but unfortunately for Hull there was not the shot to match this time. United held out, in part you thought because they could hardly bear to face their manager having chucked this one away. Mourinho claimed a draw and Silva, new to this English game, just chuckled and said he could see why his friend might think that.

9:42PM

Two winners

After a quite dismal opening 15 minutes or so that turned into a rather entertaining game thanks mainly to a cracking effort from Hull. They may have been fortunate with their first-half penalty but the home side showed enough endeavour to inflict a first defeat on United in 17 matches. Play like that over the coming months and they stand a decent chance of avoiding relegation. Alas, United's two-goal advantage from the first leg was crucial and Jose Mourinho will fancy winning his first trophy with the club when they take on Southampton at Wembley at the end of February.

9:37PM

Full time

Manchester United will play Southampton in the EFL Cup final.

9 - Manchester United have reached their 9th League Cup final - second only to Liverpool (12) in the history of the competition. Success.

— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) January 26, 2017

9:37PM

Time on ball (at full time)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 9:37PM

Average touch positions (full time)

Average touch positions (full time) 9:36PM

90+3 min

Is there time for one last Hull attack? Marshall lumps the ball forward, but the header is won by a United head and that is that.

9:35PM

90+2 min

Huddlestone tries a couple of stepovers, but the hosts cannot manufacture an opening and forward comes Pogba to kill some more time by earning United a corner down the right.

9:34PM

90+1 min

Hull are intent on giving this a go, but Mourinho slows things down by sending Fellaini on in place of the impressive Rashford.

9:33PM

90 min

Three minutes added time to be played.

9:32PM

89 min

It's probably worth saying that this match will go to extra time if it is level after 90 minutes. Only after another 30 minutes do away goals come into play. So Hull would have an extra half-hour to score another goal. Got it? Good.

9:31PM

88 min

Can Hull take this to extra-time? Niasse gets in behind the United defence on the right, but his cross is far too strong and ends up going out for a goal kick. A wasted opportunity.

9:28PM

GOAL!

2-1. Oumar Niasse has put Hull ahead in the dying minutes!

Hull 2 - 1 Man Utd (Oumar Niasse, 85 min)

What. A. Goal. That is quite sublime from Hull and this tie is still alive! Meyler finds acres of space down the right to get onto the end of a delightful dinked ball and his cushioned first-time cross is a beauty for Niasse to turn home from a couple of yards out.

9:26PM

83 min

Rashford is some talent isn't he? The tricky youngster starts a lovely move down the right, which sees Herrera play in Pogba, whose low cross is palmed away by Marshall with Ibrahimovic loitering at the far post. The assistant had actually (incorrectly) flagged Pogba offside so it wouldn't have counted anyway.

9:24PM

81 min

A superb run from Rashford, who gasses two Hull defenders as he makes his way into the Hull penalty area, only to run into trouble in the form of the highly impressive Maguire at the third time of asking.

9:22PM

79 min

Now it's Hull's turn to hit the bar! Evandro's delivery from the corner is a wicked one, right into the danger area where Niasse meets it and heads strongly past De Gea and against the woodwork. Meanwhile, Rooney (and his snazzy boots) is on in place of Lingard.

9:20PM

Time on ball (60 - 75 min)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 9:17PM

74 min

A first shot of the half for Hull, but not one that their fans will want to remember as Markovic shows precisely why Liverpool are all too happy for him to ply his trade away from Anfield by leathering his wild shot high into the stands.

9:15PM

72 min

Neat work down the left from Ibrahimovic, who cuts inside to beat Huddlestone and drills low towards goal, forcing Dawson to fling himself in its path and deflect it behind for a corner. Lingard swings in the set piece and Rojo looks to have headed United into the lead, but his nod thuds against the crossbar.

9:13PM

70 min

13,000 home fans for a League Cup semi-final...

���� | A crowd of 16,831 at the KCOM Stadium this evening (inc 3,743 in support of @ManUtd). Thank you all for your support #HULMUN

— Hull City (@HullCity) January 26, 2017

9:12PM

69 min

Hull make their third and final change of the night with Diomande off for Hernandez.

9:11PM

68 min

Finally the United fans launch into their Wembley repertoire of chants and this match does look like it's done now. That goal looked like it had been coming since half-time.

9:09PM

GOAL!

Man Utd level it up with a goal from Paul Pogba: it's 1-1.

Hull 1 - 1 Man Utd (Paul Pogba, 66 min)

Is that game, set and match? Ibrahimovic sets the move off by playing in Rashford inside the Hull penalty area. Huddlestone does well to track the youngster and beats him to the ball, but is so unfortunate to see his tackle fall straight to Pogba who pokes into the far corner. 

9:09PM

The shot count is similar

Hull and Man Utd are evenly matched in attack so far - the home side have fired in eight shots to the visitors' eight.

Hull vs Man Utd shots on goal 9:07PM

64 min

Another change for Hull as Maloney heads off to be replaced by Brazilian January signing Evandro.

9:05PM

62 min

Whatever Mourinho said at the break has had an impact and United are continuing to dominate. Now it's Rashford who bursts past Meyler down the left and goes down under some pressure from the Hull defender. To be fair to Rashford, he doesn't appeal for the penalty, but the away supporters made their thoughts loud and clear.

9:03PM

Time on ball (45 - 60 min)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 9:02PM

60 min

Remember this guy? It's Liverpool's £20m signing Lazar Markovic, who has just come on for his Hull dayboo in place of Bowen.

9:01PM

58 min

Hull just need to settle a bit after a frantic start to this half and that's just what are doing now, knocking the ball around with a calmness that has been lacking over the past dozen minutes.

8:59PM

56 min

Hull have been very lucky there. Again, the contact may not have been huge but, for me, that was a penalty. Huddlestone was the wrong side of Smalling and paid the price.

Okay, we're riding our luck now. Definite pen for #mufc there. Goal incoming #hcafc

— #AllamOut (@JezJ) January 26, 2017

8:57PM

54 min

This is better from United as Lingard gets himself on the end of a neat reverse pass inside the Hull penalty area to win a corner. Delivered... and another corner. Delivered and a third corner. Oh what have we here? Was Smalling fouled inside the Hull penalty area? Mourinho thinks so and the manager is furious. The United centre-back got in behind the Hull defence about six yards out from goal, only for Huddlestone to clumsily bundle him over from behind. That looked more like a penalty than the one Jon Moss gave the other way, but he says no this time.

8:54PM

51 min

"Woke up this morning feeling fine, I've got United on my mind, Jose's got us playing the way United should (oh yeah), Something tells me I'm into something good."

And repeat.

And repeat.

And repeat.

And repeat.

And repeat...

8:50PM

47 min

Is Pogba a little lucky to avoid a booking? The Frenchman goes down inside the Hull penalty area but replays show Dawson was nowhere near him and, in fact, was moving further away at the moment Pogba decided to hit the deck. Everyone's favourite footballing word: simulation.

8:49PM

46 min

No changes at the break and it is United to get this second period underway. Immediately the away fans launch straight back into a chorus of "I'm into something good". I'm not going to be able to sleep for a week without that song going round in my head.

8:47PM

Ready to resume

Here come the players for the second half.

8:47PM

The perfect blend

Nice Hull mix of talented underachievers (Hudd, Maloney), youngsters (Tymon, Bowen), one-time rejects (Niasse, Clucas) & maverick (Maguire)

— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) January 26, 2017

8:34PM

Half time

That's it for the first half and Marcos Rojo is deep in conversation with Jon Moss as everyone trundles off the pitch. Was it a penalty? I guess it depends which team you support. It probably wasn't, but it's not black and white. There was contact, there were hands, there was grabbing... but it was soft. Regardless, Hull have been rather good tonight. Can they push on and grab an equaliser? Ooh, the magic of the unsponsored EFL Cup.

8:31PM

Time on ball (first half)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 8:31PM

Average touch positions (half time)

Average touch positions (half time) 8:30PM

44 min

Marco Silva will be a happy man at half-time and it continues to be pretty much one-way traffic as this opening 45 minutes draw to an end.

8:28PM

42 min

Here come Hull again with Bowen advancing down the right. The home side have looked very much the more confident of the two sides so far, but Clucas wastes the chance by looping a cross out of play when he had enough time and space to test De Gea from range.

8:25PM

40 min

Did he give a penalty for that "feeling good" chant?

— Miguel Delaney (@MiguelDelaney) January 26, 2017

8:24PM

39 min

What a save from Marshall! Out of nowhere, Ibra suddenly has the ball at his feet and forces the Hull centre-backs in retreat. He rolls his studs over it, looks up and attempts to curl into the bottom corner from 25 yards, only for Marshall to turn it round the left post at full stretch. Such nice work from Ibrahimovic.

8:22PM

37 min

Well smack me sideways and call me Cuthbert - we have a cup tie on our hands. Replays seem to suggest that was something of a soft penalty. Rojo and Maguire certainly came together. Rojo certainly a bit of Maguire's shirt but... you know... was it really a foul?

8:20PM

GOAL!

1-0! The opening goal goes the way of Hull and it's Tom Huddlestone who scores it.

Hull 1 - 0 Man Utd (Tom Huddlestone, 35 min)

Huddlestone is the man to step up and he drills it low into the bottom corner. De Gea guesses correctly but he is left with no chance. Great penalty.

8:20PM

34 min

More joy for Hull as Meyler's cross is turned behind for a corner. Maloney delivers and... HULL HAVE A PENALTY!!! What was that for? Maguire is the man who hits the deck and I think Rojo had a grip on his shirt. That seems harsh.

8:18PM

Time on ball (15 - 30 min)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 8:18PM

Neither side taking control of the game yet

Hull having more of the ball so far, with 231 touches to 201 from Man Utd.

Hull vs Man Utd 8:15PM

30 min

Hull are certainly giving their more illustrious opponents something to think about tonight. They're not going down without a fight. As a side note, Rashford versus Meyler is looking a real tasty battle down the left for United. Pace versus... erm, desperately trying to stop pace by any means possible.

8:13PM

28 min

What a chance for Hull. Huddlestone lumps the ball high over the United defence after a corner for the hosts and, rather remarkably, it's Dawson who finds himself on the end of it. His attempted shot is blocked by Smalling, but the ball comes back to Niasse, who drives towards goal from about 10 yards and forces De Gea to punch away. Maloney then tries his luck with a free-kick 20 yards out but his effort sails meekly over the bar.

8:11PM

25 min

Applause rings around the ground for Ryan Mason (whose squad number is 25). Best wishes, Ryan.

8:10PM

24 min

Close for United. Very close. A free-kick finds Ibra at the far post and the Swede gathers the ball at the second time of asking before squaring it across the face of goal. A host of Hull defenders are in its path though and the ball is thumped clear.

8:09PM

23 min

The Man Utd fans have sung the chorus to "I'm into something good" for about 18 of the 23 minutes we have had so far. It's both incredibly annoying and incredibly impressive.

8:07PM

22 min

Jose Mourinho has cold ears, judging by the head rubbing he is giving himself. Someone buy the birthday boy some earmuffs.

Can only be a matter of time before Harry Maguire decides enough is enough & starts playing like Ronaldo for Sporting Lisbon v MUFC in 2003

— Sam Wallace (@SamWallaceTel) January 26, 2017

8:04PM

19 min

What's this? That would be a boot belonging to Wayne Rooney and marking his record-breaking 250 goals for Manchester United. Will he get a chance to use them tonight?

Credit: pa

8:02PM

17 min

Some neat build-up from United, who calmly work the ball from left to right and then back again. Marcos Rojo finds himself on the end of the move and has a crack from 25 yards out, but the ball is deflected behind off a Hull City defender and the corner comes to nothing.

8:02PM

Man Utd hit back

Man Utd register their first shot, in response to three so far from Hull.

Hull vs Man Utd shots on goal 8:01PM

16 min

It's been a bright enough start from Marco Silva's side, who have enjoyed more of the possession so far. Not that much has happened to live long in anyone's memory.

8:00PM

Time on ball (0 - 15 min)

Possession: Hull vs Man Utd 7:59PM

13 min

Down the other end come United, but they are unable to work anything from a couple of set pieces (free-kick and corner) and Marshall remains untroubled between the sticks.

7:56PM

11 min

This is better from Hull and they have a free-kick in a dangerous position after Jones body-checks Niasse on the edge of the box. Jones is shown a yellow for his troubles and the hosts have a great chance to test De Gea... Clucas will be the man to try his luck, but his strike is straight at the United keeper, who punches clear.

7:55PM

10 min

Hull have a corner after some smart work from Tymon down the left. The delivery is a decent one and it falls to centre-back Maguire - who is precisely the man the home side don't want on the end of it - and he volleys it out of the stadium.

7:52PM

7 min

Please, please, please don't let this match continue for 90 minutes like in the manner it has started. NOTHING is happening. Oh, Ibra just accidentally elbowed Dawson when challenging for a header. That's it.

7:50PM

5 min

A first sniff for United up the field sees Rashford give Meyler a bit of a headache on the left side of the penalty area, but his cut back is booted clear and that is that. The United fans are making an almighty noise, while the home sections are far from full.

7:49PM

4 min

I neglected to mention that it's Jose Mourinho's birthday today.

Credit: getty images

(Literally nothing of note has happened yet) 

7:48PM

3 min

Hull's players are being given plenty of time to get accustomed to the ball on a chilly night at the KCOM. By chilly, I mean freezing.

7:45PM

1 min

Hull City get us underway and retain possession for precisely 32 seconds.

7:44PM

Gladiators ready

The players are on the pitch, poised and ready. Here we go...

7:43PM

Shameless plug

Earlier this month I spoke to fans of eight "yo-yo" clubs who have traditionally straddled the Premier League and Championship. It proved a really interesting exercise to find out whether fans more enjoyed the cut and thrust of top-flight survival or the sheer joy of flying high in the Championship. You can read the piece HERE but this is a snippet from Andy Dalton, a Hull City fan who runs the Amber Nectar website:

You aspire to be the best you can possibly be. We're never going to win the Premier League and probably never going to qualify for the Champions League or anything like that, but one thing that being in the top flight gives you is the opportunity to build a squad that can win a cup. We got to the FA Cup final a couple of years ago and came close to winning it. We're in the League Cup semi-final now and, although we're not going to get through, it's being in the Premier League that has allowed us to build a team with a chance of winning a cup.

7:34PM

Silva speaks

We always believe in our capacities. We want to continue to improve our performance. It's clear for all [there has been progress since he took over] but I want more. What my players did in the last few games gave us courage.

7:32PM

Mourinho speaks

Here are some words from the Man Utd manager:

Yes, we are favourites but, yes, the game is open. Hull City players have still their hopes and their dreams. We have to play to win the match. We cannot be defending a lead. I think the players are really motivated. We had a difficult run to get here.

We have to be in control and reach the final. It's so important in a club, even one like ours with so many incredible finals and incredible days.

It's time for Mata and Mkhitaryan to have their rest, for Lingard and Rashford to play, bring their speed and happiness. Valencia also needed a rest.

Hull have to win but if they are too aggressive, too offensive, they give us chances to score goals. They will try for the perfect match because they need the perfect match to beat us.

7:31PM

A first start for new boy Niasse

Look how happy he is...

7:25PM

Team news (but easier to read)

No GIFs this time...

Hull: Marshall, Meyler, Maguire, Dawson, Tymon, Maloney,  Huddlestone, Clucas, Diomande, Bowen, Niasse. Subs: Kuciak,  Elabdellaoui, Robertson, Evandro, Weir, Hernandez, Markovic.

Man Utd: de Gea, Darmian, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Ander Herrera,  Carrick, Lingard, Pogba, Rashford, Ibrahimovic. Subs: Mata,  Rooney, Romero, Mkhitaryan, Shaw, Fosu-Mensah, Fellaini.

Referee: Jon Moss

7:22PM

The stage is set

KCOM Stadium: rubbish name, sexy under floodlights.

7:04PM

Stats a big ask

A League Cup semi-final first leg has been won by two or more goals on 27 occasions. On 26 of those the team on the wrong end of that result have then failed to overturn the deficit and been knocked out.

The one team that achieved their task? That would be Aston Villa in 1993/94, when they lost won the second leg 3-1, after losing the first leg by the same scoreline, and then won 5-4 on penalties.

6:57PM

Good evening

Hi everyone and welcome to the KCOM Stadium, via the Telegraph. Can Hull City do the improbable and overturn a 2-0 deficit from the first leg? They don't appear to be pinning their hopes on doing so, with the gaffer making seven changes to the team beaten at Chelsea on the weekend. Ryan Mason is an obvious absentee after his horrific head injury.

Jose Mourinho has also had a tinker with Matteo Darmian, Marcos Rojo, Michael Carrick, Jesse Lingard and Marcus Rashford coming in to the starting XI after missing out when United drew at Stoke on Saturday.

6:51PM

Team news

The runners and riders are in:

��◾️ | Here’s the @HullCity team to face @ManUtd in tonight's @EFLCup Semi-Final 2nd Leg tie at the KCOM #EFLCup#HULMUNpic.twitter.com/PiaZkrvwgH

— Hull City (@HullCity) January 26, 2017

Here's how we'll line up tonight in the #EFLCup semi-final second leg... #MUFCpic.twitter.com/OAe4v7Uz0p

— Manchester United (@ManUtd) January 26, 2017

6:44PM

Match preview

What is it?

It's the EFL Cup semi-final second leg between Hull City and Manchester United. United travel to the KCOM Stadium with a 2-0 lead to their name following the first leg at Old Trafford a couple of weeks ago.

When is it?

It's unusually on a Thursday evening. The 26th of January to be exact. 

What time is kick-off?

It's at the very pleasant time of 19:45GMT. 

What TV channel is it on?

Sky Sports 1 will have live coverage of the second leg with build up under way from 19:30. Alternatively you can follow minute-by-minute latest with our rolling blog.

What is the team news?

Hull will be without departing winger Robert Snodgrass and defender Curtis Davies for the second leg.

Snodgrass, for whom the Tigers have accepted a £10 million bid from Burnley, is currently sidelined with a muscle strain, while centre-half Davies sustained a hamstring injury in Sunday's defeat at Chelsea.

The Tigers are hoping to receive international clearance in time for Liverpool loanee Lazar Markovic to make his debut, but Ryan Mason is recovering in hospital after fracturing his skull at Stamford Bridge.

Provisional squad: Jakupovic, Marshall, Elabdellaoui, Maguire, Dawson, Robertson, Evandro, Meyler, Huddlestone, Clucas, Hernandez, Diomande, Niasse, Maloney, Tymon, Bowen, Markovic.

Pick your Hull team to face Man Utd

Manchester United have close to a full squad available. Manager Jose Mourinho has no fresh injury concerns and defender Marcos Rojo is also available again after missing the draw at Stoke at the weekend through illness.

Defender Eric Bailly will also rejoin the United squad in the coming days following Ivory Coast's elimination from the African Nations Cup.

Provisional squad: De Gea, Romero, Valencia, Fosu-Mensah, Jones, Smalling, Rojo, Darmian, Shaw, Blind, Young, Fellaini, Carrick, Herrera, Schweinsteiger, Pogba, Lingard, Mata, Mkhitaryan, Martial, Rashford, Ibrahimovic, Rooney.

Pick your Man Utd team to face Hull

What are they saying?

Jose Mourinho on potentially reaching EFL Cup which would mean Premier League clash with Man City would have to be rearranged.

"I know that it's going to be hard if we go step by step. If, if, if - we go to the field of the ifs - but if we beat Hull and we play the final then we don't play against Manchester City.

"The match against Manchester City I'm sure they will choose an amazing moment, difficult for us, to make us play against them.

"Then we have Europa League, a non-stop competition. In the Europa League you have to play last 32 and last 16. If we are going to progress it's going to be really difficult.

"Let's see what happens in this moment. In this moment we have a 25 per cent chance to win the League Cup, which is the first competition to be decided."

Mourinho has a new 'war' hair cut in preparation for the return leg

Marco Silva said Hull's main priority was to maintain its support of Ryan Mason and his family as the England international recovers from the damage caused by his clash of heads with Chelsea defender Gary Cahill.

"At this moment we need to forget everything. The most important is the player and his family, the other things are not important."

Hull return to London at the weekend for their FA Cup clash at Fulham and Silva said he would take the opportunity to visit Mason before Sunday's fourth-round tie.

"Yes. After the game it's impossible for me because everything is fast. Our staff will be dealing with the players.

"It's not easy in this moment and the player has visitors, but sure on Saturday I will be there.

"We need to be strong, to be together, to keep the players together and support Ryan - that's the most important (thing)."

Marco Silva says Hull's thoughts remain with Ryan Mason and his family

What are the odds?

Man Utd to win (in 90 mins) 3/5

Hull to win 17/4

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Paul Pogba's strike helps Manchester United past plucky Hull and on to EFL Cup final

Jose Mourinho refused to accept defeat as Manchester United crept into the EFL Cup final at the expense of a spirited Hull City.

United edged to a 3-2 aggregate win after losing 2-1 at the KCOM Stadium, meaning Mourinho suffered his first League Cup defeat in normal time in 28 matches.

Goals from Tom Huddlestone and Oumar Niasse came either side of Paul Pogba’s strike to give the hosts a first win over the Red Devils since 1974.

It also ended United’s 17-match unbeaten run but the controversial nature of Hull’s opening goal prompted Mourinho to call it a draw.

Hull were awarded a penalty by referee Jon Moss after Harry Maguire tumbled in the penalty area while being marked by Marcos Rojo. United protested vehemently but replays showed Rojo pulling Maguire’s shirt.

“I think 18 matches undefeated is amazing,” Mourinho said. “We didn’t lose. It was 1-1. I only saw two goals. I saw Pogba goal and their goal. Fantastic goal, great action, great cross and the guy at the far post. 1-1.”

Mourinho and his players confronted Moss at half-time to continue to debate his decision but they barely had cause for sour grapes. The Portuguese will have the opportunity to win a fourth league cup when his side face Southampton on February 26.

Mourinho said the game was “in the pocket” and “under control” but that assessment does Hull a disservice.

The Tigers, 19th in the Premier League, were unfortunate to lose the first leg 2-0 and were deserved winners of the second on home turf, despite United being at full-strength and Marco Silva, the Hull head coach, opting to make seven changes to his side.

Mourinho’s team were pedestrian for much of the match and Hull, full of zest and enterprise, took advantage.

The break the hosts craved came ten minutes before half-time with the award of the penalty but, even after that, Silva’s side shone.

It took a slice of fortune in United’s favour for the visitors to level.

Huddlestone, tracking back, prodded the ball away from Rashford and straight into the path of Pogba, who poked the ball low beyond David Marshall. It felt cruel on Hull but they kept going.

Both sides hit the bar with headers – Marcos Rojo for United and Oumar Niasse for Hull – and the hosts gave themselves renewed hope of forcing extra-time when Niasse made it 2-1 with five minutes to go.

Lazar Markovic spread the play out to David Meyler, whose cross was met by Niasse at the back post.

It was a winner for Hull, no matter what Mourinho says. The Tigers had won the battle but lost the war.

“We’ve had a very good performance and it’s a very good win for us,” said Silva, who took over from Mike Phelan three weeks ago.

“It wasn’t enough to achieve our goal but surely it will give confidence to our players.

“It was a good performance again, a good attitude and we controlled the game in large periods against a big team. It is impossible at this moment to feel really happy.

“When I came here it was no wins in two months but now in five games we have won three. Two of them have been against Manchester United and one against Chelsea. That should give confidence to all of us. I congratulated the players in the dressing room.”

Mourinho began each of his spells at Chelsea with League Cup triumphs and followed them by picking up bigger prizes.

United will hope it is a recurring theme.​

Hull City (4-2-3-1): Marshall; Meyler, Maguire, Dawson, Tymon; Huddlestone, Clucas; Bowen (Markovic, 59), Maloney (Evandro, 64), Diomande (Hernandez, 69); Niasse.

Substitutes: Kuciak, Robertson, Elabdellaoui, Weir.

Manchester United (4-2-3-1): De Gea; Darmian, Smalling, Jones, Rojo; Carrick, Herrera; Rashford, Pogba, Lingard (Rooney, 79); Ibrahimovic.

Substitutes: Romero, Fosu-Mensah, Shaw, Fellaini, Mkhitaryan.

Referee: Jon Moss (West Yorkshire).

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