Hull City 2 Doncaster Rovers 1 - player ratings
The Tigers were the dominant but were unable to put a determined Doncaster Rovers team away. They looked as if they were going to be made to pay when Tyreece John-Jules scored an 82nd-minute equaliser.
Chief football writer Stuart Rayner who played well and who struggled.
Hull City
Matt Ingram – little to do 6
Josh Emmanuel – pulled an early shot wide 6
Alfie Jones – solid at centre-back 6
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Hide AdJacob Greaves – caused attacking problems in the second half 7
Callum Elder – got forward well 7
Greg Docherty – influential in winning the midfield battle 7
Richie Smallwood – his shot led to Tom Eaves's winner 7
Hakeeb Adelakun – a couple of link-ups with Honeyman, but generally quiet 6
George Honeyman – buzzed around to great effect and good set-pieces 7
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Hide AdMallik Wilks – outstanding in the first half, less influential in the second 8
Josh Magennis – great goal but should have had another one-on-one shortly before the equaliser 7.
Substitutes:
Lewis-Potter (for Adelakun, 67) – excellent from the bench 7
Eaves (for Magennis, 85) – did exactly what was needed inside two minutes 8
Scott (for Wilks, 85) – forced a late save 7
Not used: Long, Coyle, Burke, Slater.
Doncaster Rovers
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Hide AdJoe Lumley – denied Magennis one-on-one but served the chance up for Eaves's winner 6
Brad Halliday – a good performance by the right-back 7
Tom Anderson – his usual self, earning the praise of Grant McCann at full-time 7
Joe Wright – conceded the free-kick Magennis scored from 6
Cameron John – helped his left winger well 6
Ben Whiteman – one excellent curling cross 7
Matt Smith – almost scored but it would have been a fluke 6
Josh Sims – failed to make much impact until he created the equaliser 6
Taylor Richards – started off in the hole but pushed deeper by Hull's performance until he made way 5
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Hide AdReece James – left winger first half, unable to shore up central midfield in the second 6
Feijiri Okenabirhie – little to feed off up front or when he went wide on the left 6.
Substitutes:
Coppinger (for Richards, 64) – unable to wrestle back much control 6
John-Jules (for Smith, 64) – a goal from the bench to give Rovers hope 7
Not used: Lokilo, Jones, Williams, Butler, Hasani.
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