Hull City 2-0 Blackburn Rovers: Revived Tigers end Rovers' unbeaten run

A buoyant Hull City ended Blackburn Rovers' 10-match unbeaten run with a three points to celebrate the announcement of the club's takeover by the Acun Medya Group.

George Honeyman found the back of the net after just eight minutes for the hosts to give them an early lead.

Ben Brereton Diaz had a penalty appeal turned down for the visitors after he was pushed over in the box, while Reda Khadra had a long-range shot saved.

Blackburn piled on the pressure after the break, but Tom Eaves' header doubled Hull's lead midway through the half to secure the victory.

The announcement of Hull's buy-out by the Turkish-based group came just 90 minutes before kick-off and the crowd inside the MKM Stadium was enlivened by the news.

The Tigers had not won in their previous five matches, a marked contrast to in-form Blackburn who have been on a rampage in the Championship, winning seven of their last eight and only conceding one goal in that run.

But with new owner Acun Ilicali in the stands, the Hull players were clearly keen to put on a show and they started the brighter side.

Despite having the second-worst scoring record in the league, they soon found the net as Eaves did well to keep a long ball from the back in play, before Ryan Longman picked out Honeyman who tucked it past Thomas Kaminski for his fourth of the season.

Blackburn looked out of sorts and struggled to string passes together and when Brereton Diaz did break free to force a save out of Nathan Baxter, he was flagged offside.

Not long after he again got through on goal and was shoved to ground by Di'Shon Bernard. The referee, however, waved a penalty away, much to the dismay of Tony Mowbray and the striker.

A mistake by Hull keeper Nathan Baxter almost allowed Khadra to