Dan’s head start

DANIEL AYALA’S towering second-half header put Blackburn on the way to ending a three-game winless streak.

Ben Brereton Diaz added Rovers’ second four minutes later to spell more trouble for Hull.

It is nine hours since Grant Mccann’s Tigers last found the net in a tough return to the Championship.

Tony Mowbray’s Rovers shaded a tight first-half with exciting teenage prospect Tyrhys Dolan twice

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going close to breaking the deadlock.

The 19-year-old forward curled a shot narrowly wide, before forcing Matt Ingram to claw away a powerful long-distance effort.

Ayala rose highest at the far post to head home Joe Rothwell’s 61st-minute corner.

And before Hull could recover, Brereton Diaz curled home his fourth goal of the season from 12 yards.