Six as Hull go on rampage
ting the side goal of the campaign. Skipper Michael Dawson came agonisingly close to notching a fourth when he flashed a near post header inches wide from Bowen’s well-flighted 38thminute corner.
Blues, overrun in midfield and weak defensively, barely tested Allan McGregor in the home goal before half-time.
Carsley (right) threw on Isaac Vassell in place of Craig Gardner at the start of the second half and he at least posed a token threat up front. But there was no holding the Tigers as they romped to their biggest win this term with further strikes from Kamil Grosicki, Markus Henriksen and Seb Larsson. Polish winger Grosicki claimed his third goal of the season with a blistering low drive from just inside the box on 72 minutes, then Henriksen on as a 68th minute sub for Jon Toral bagged his side’s fifth with a 12yard shot four minutes later.
Seb Larsson completed the rout when he stabbed home from seven yards six minutes from time.
There was just time for Dawson to deflect Sam Gallagher’s header into his own net in stoppage time.
Slutsky beamed: “I am very happy because we played very well and with a high intensity.
“We have been close to this kind of performance in a lot of matches, but we needed to bring our quality to games for the full 90 minutes – not just in one half or the other.” HULL BIRMINGHAM 11 ............ Shots on Target ......... 3 3 ........... Shots off Target ......... 7 3 ............. Blocked Shots .......... 3 3 ................... Corners ................ 4 12 ..................... Fouls .................. 12 0 ................... Offsides ................ 0 0 ............... Yellow Cards ............ 0 0 ................. Red Cards .............. 0 78.6 ...... Passing Success .... 75.1 36 .................. Tackles ................ 13 69.4 ....... Tackles Won % ..... 69.2 55.4 .......... Possession ....... 44.6 44.0 .... Territorial Adv % . 56.0 491 ........... Total Passes ........ 394 14 ............. Total Crosses .......... 15 52.6 ........ 1st Half Poss ........ 47.4 58.8 ....... 2nd Half Poss . ...... 41.2