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Saturday, December 28, 2013

LIGI KUU ENGLAND YAFIKA PATAMU HULL CITY WAIPIGA KIPIGO KITAKATIFU FULHAM CHA GOLI 6 BILA



Tom Huddlestone earned a long-awaited trip to the barber with his first goal in 54 games after inspiring Hull to a stunning victory over an inept Fulham at the KC Stadium.
Huddlestone was the star performer on his 27th birthday as the Tigers forced home six unanswered goals in a second half that was shamefully mismatched, capping his afternoon's work by finding the net for the first time in two and a half years.
Hair we go: Tom Huddlestone celebrates ending his goal drought by getting a haircut
Hair we go: Tom Huddlestone celebrates ending his goal drought by getting a haircut


The midfielder has grown an impressive afro since a charity pledge in 2011 not to cut it until ending his drought and when he drove home his side's fourth of the day he celebrated by allowing club physio Rob Price to sheer off a lock of hair.
And though Huddlestone stood out, there were heroes all over the park for the hosts with captain Robert Koren scoring twice, alongside efforts from Ahmed Elmohamady, George Boyd and Matty Fryatt.
After a dull first half, the battering Hull inflicted on their hapless visitors took on a slightly surreal air and they might easily have reached double figures as the Cottagers groped feebly for a foothold in the game.
Hull are not a prolific side and to sustain such a comprehensive hammering, their worst of the Premier League era, must leave Fulham psychologically scarred in their relegation battle.
The man who was at the coal face of this humbling was goalkeeper David Stockdale, who spent the second half of last season on loan at the KC Stadium and shared in the club's promotion success.
Huddlestone soon established himself as Stockdale's chief adversary, working him with a skiddy free-kick from the left and then rattling the post from a similar position on the opposite flank.
Hull were starting to assert themselves by now and moments after hitting the woodwork Boyd met Elmohamady's cross from six yards. The midfielder did not get the cleanest connection but his effort would still have crept under the crossbar had Stockdale not got a hand to it.
Finally: Tom Huddlestone scores his first goal in 54 games against Fulham
Finally: Tom Huddlestone scores his first goal in 54 games against Fulham

Sharp move: Hull boss Steve Bruce sees the funny side as Tom Huddlestone receives a haircut on the pitch after scoring
Sharp move: Hull boss Steve Bruce sees the funny side as Tom Huddlestone receives a haircut on the pitch after scoring
It's a snip: Hull's Tom Huddlestone has his haircut by club physio Rob Price on the touchline
It's a snip: Hull's Tom Huddlestone has his haircut by club physio Rob Price on the touchline
Despite scoring three times against Liverpool and twice in the Boxing Day defeat to Manchester United, Hull have struggled for goals against lesser visiting sides and, as Elmohamady shot tamely from 20 yards, a familiar pattern appeared to be unfolding.
Fulham managed to push their hosts a little deeper as the match progressed and by the time referee Robert Madley blew for half-time all semblance of intensity had seeped out of the game.
Bruce must have come to the same conclusion and his team talk clearly had some effect.
The Tigers immediately poured forward, Huddlestone dragging a 20-yard effort fractionally wide before Stockdale made a fine double save.
Hull looked certain to score when Yannick Sagbo and Koren broke free on the counter but Stockdale denied both men.
First he pawed Sagbo's low shot away and then stood tall as Koren attempted to fire the loose ball home from a couple of yards.
Popular: Hull's Tom Huddlestone is mobbed by his team-mates after breaking his goal drought against Fulham
Popular: Hull's Tom Huddlestone is mobbed by his team-mates after breaking his goal drought against Fulham
Cut above: Hull's Tom Huddlestone had not cut his hair since making a charity pledge in 2011
Cut above: Hull's Tom Huddlestone had not cut his hair since making a charity pledge in 2011

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