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HULL CITY boss Nigel Adkins praised his side’s resilience and ‘exquisite’ football after the win at League One Blackburn.

Hull avoided an upset when onloan Chelsea defender Ola Aina headed home at the far post for his first senior goal, ensuring Hull made it to the fourth round for the sixth season in the past seven.

Adkins said: ‘We’ve played against a good side in Blackburn, you see them at the top of their league. I thought in the first half, probably for 35 minutes, we played some exquisite football.’

It ended Rovers’ 18-match unbeaten run, but manager Tony Mowbray will focus on promotion, saying: ‘Our target is to get out of this division.’