MAGIC SPELL
Josh quick off the mark to sink Dons
GRANT McCANN was pleased to pick up another win at a happy hunting ground after Hull City moved to the top of the table.
As a player, McCann was a thorn in the side of MK Dons, as the former Northern Ireland midfielder more often than not came away from Stadium MK with the right result during his time with Peterborough.
This time it was his fellow Ulsterman Josh Magennis who did the damage as he struck twice in a frenetic opening 12 minutes to help the Tigers leapfrog Peterborough at the summit.
McCann said: “It’s always a tough game here and it’s a place
I’ve enjoyed over the years, to be fair, because I was always coming here and winning when I was with Peterborough and it’s nice to do it with Hull today.
“It was nice to see the impact of the subs – seeing Eavesy (Tom Eaves) and Scotty ( James Scott) combining for the third goal to seal it for us was great.”
Magennis opened the scoring for Hull after eight minutes when he turned in Josh Emmanuel’s cross before Stephen Walker levelled following a defensive mix-up.
However, Magennis restored the Tigers’ lead immediately by blasting into the roof of the net and Scott’s header from Eaves’ nod back across made the points safe with 15 minutes left.
MK Dons boss Russell Martin said: “If you’re a neutral watching the game then I don’t think you would have thought this was top of the l eague against wherever we are now.
“We’ve dominated for most of the game and conceded terrible goals.
“We gave ourselves a mountain to climb by going 1-0 down.
“We got ourselves back in it, the boys responded fantastically and then we were the dominant team. They had something to hang on to.”