Goals:

1-0: Johnson (1, capitalised on Davies error, rounded McGregor before tapping over the line);

1-1: Ramirez (32, after a number of passes, Ramirez turned and shot from 22 yards and it bounced over and beyond Pantilimon)

1-2: Chester (51, rose above Vergini to not Ramirez’s corner high in to the near post of the net)

1-3: Jelavic (90, ran on to Elmohamady’s pass before firing low inside Pantilimon’s far post)

Bookings: Larsson (16, foul); Vergini (19, foul); Chester (45, foul); Fletcher (52, foul)

Referee: Andre Marriner (Walsall) – infuriated the home side and supporters by failing to give the first penalty but the other decisions were not as clear cut. 4

Attendance: 44,817

Entertainment: 2/5

Sund Hull

Shots on: 3 5

Shots off: 9 8

Corners: 10 4

Offsides: 2 1

Fouls: 12 6

SUNDERLAND (4-1-4-1):

6 Pantilimon: Caught out by a wicked bounce by diving too early for the goal but otherwise strong;

6 Vergini: Could have scored one of his own before failing to prevent Chester from scoring

5 Coates: Hard to remember too much that went right or wrong for the South American, pretty straight forward

6 O’Shea: Decent enough in the middle again without ever being at his best

6 JONES: Started brightly but will not have expected his first start since October to have been as difficult as it was;

6 Cattermole: Angered by a number of decisions from Marriner but at least he was not red carded this time;

6 Johnson: After a brilliant start he became as frustrated as the rest of the Sunderland camp and largely ineffective in the second half

6 Larsson: A busy enough figure in red and white without ever hitting the heights he reached at Newcastle

4 Gomez: Not involved as much as he would have liked and, rightly or wrongly, conceded the free-kick in build up to Hull’s second

4 Alvarez: Faded far too quickly and was largely non-existent after the restart;

4 Fletcher: His best moment was when he cleared a chance off his own line to prevent Hull from scoring, which says it all for a striker

Subs:

Giaccherinni (for Alvarez 62): Gave the ball away too often on his return. 4

Altidore (for Gomez 62): Offered very little again. 4

Buckley (for Vergini 84)

(not used): Mannone (gk), Bridcutt, Brown, Rodwell.

HULL CITY (5-3-2): McGregor 6; Elmohamady 6, Bruce 7, Davies 3, Chester 7, Rosenior 6; Quinn 6, Meyler 7, Brady 7 (Ince 88); RAMIREZ 7 (Sagbo 77); Aluko 5 (Jelavic 88). Subs: Harper (gk), Figueroa, Hernandez, Maguire.

MAN OF THE MATCH: Gaston Ramirez – got lucky with his first and then teed up the second for Chester to put Hull on their way.

Full-time: Sunderland 1 Hull City 3