PLAYER RATINGS

ROBBIN RUITER

Made a couple of good saves and it needed a deflected strike to beat him

ADAM MATTHEWS

Continues to be preferred by Simon Grayson to Billy Jones at rightback and did OK

LAMINE KONE

Rock-solid on his return after injury, but David Meyler’s goal for Hull deflected in off him

MARC WILSON

Did not put a foot wrong alongside Kone in central defence and made some vital blocks

BRYAN OVIEDO

Was up against the tricky Aina but kept him fairly quiet

CALLUM McMANAMAN

Caused Hull problems all afternoon, set up the goal and almost scored himself

LEE CATTERMOLE

Anchored the midfield and kept the Black Cats organised

DIDIER NDONG

Covered so much ground in central midfield, pressing Hull players and refusing to let them settle

GEORGE HONEYMAN

Played wide on the left and put in a real shift for the team

JONNY WILLIAMS

Another promising performance by the on-loan midfielder and he was applauded off by the travelling fans

JAMES VAUGHAN

Needed that goal - and only a good save from Allan McGregor denied him a second before half-time

SUBSTITUTES JACK RODWELL (For Williams, 76 mins) ......... 6 BILLY JONES (for

McManaman (80) ........ 6 LYNDEN GOOCH (for Vaughan, 89 mins) ....... 6. Subs not used: Steele, Browning, Love, Gibson.

HULL CITY:

McGregor 6, Tomori 6, Dawson 6, Hector 6 (Meyler 46, 7), Aina 7, Larsson 6, Henriksen 6 (Toral 46, 6), Kingsley 5, Bowen 6, Dicko 5 (Campbell 70, 6), Grosicki.