A deflected strike from Jake livermore and second-half efforts from David meyler and Tom huddlestone secured victory for
the Tigers after a Steven Gerrard free-kick looked to have got Liverpool back into the game before half time.
After a quiet start where Hull fans'
protests against Assem Allam's handling of the club's proposed name change were the focus, the Tigers took the lead in the 20th minute through Livermore. The Spurs loanee exchanged passes with Meyler in midfield and hit a speculative shot from 25 yards that took a huge deflection off Martin Skrtel before floating over Simon Mignolet and into the net.
Liverpool where back in the game seven minutes later though when Gerrard stepped up to put an inch-perfect free kick around the wall and past Allan McGregor to bring the Reds level. Liverpool failed to assert themselves and Hull took
advantage Luis Suarez was looking isolated up front for Liverpool and Victor Moses and Raheem Sterling were failing to provide him with the service he needs to flourish.
Liverpool failed to assert themselves in the second half, and Hull started to get a foothold in what was becoming a scrappy
affair. Brendan Rodgers turned to Philippe Coutinho as he looked for a spark and with 20 minutes remaining the Brazilian combined with Suarez to give Moses a chance but the winger saw his effort smartly saved by McGregor.
And just moments later Hull were ahead again when Kolo Toure failed to clear his lines and David meyler steered a neat left-footed finish past Mignolet. Liverpool upped the tempo in pursuit of
another equaliser but Hull were looking more dangerous and with four minutes remaining they benefitted from another
deflection when skrtel got his head to Huddlestone's effort to beat Mignolet and put the result beyond doubt.
The win sees Hull move up to tenth place in the Premier League, while Liverpool drop to third ahead of this evening's late kick-offs.
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