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Swansea City 2 Hull City 1 (aet: 1-1 at 90 minutes)
Swansea ended Hull City's unbeaten start to the season by clinching a richly-deserved Carling Cup second-round victory at the Liberty Stadium.
The Coca-Cola Championship side overcame an early deficit to triumph in extra time against their Premier League opponents thanks to Jordi Gomez's penalty after 104 minutes.
Veteran striker Dean Windass, making his first start of the campaign, had fired Hull ahead during a one-sided opening period.
But Swansea drew level through Gorka Pintado's 63rd-minute glancing header, although the Spaniard then had a stoppage-time penalty saved that would have spared his team the additional 30 minutes.
Pintado's arrival as a 54th-minute substitute injected life into Swansea, and Hull were second-best for the remainder of a fast and furious half.
Where the Tigers had enjoyed long spells of authority on the back of Windass's early goal, they were outplayed once Pintado took a grip on proceedings.
The penalty, awarded when Hull captain Wayne Brown tripped Febian Brandy, should have provided a fitting conclusion to Pintado's masterclass.
But five minutes after seeing a rasping shot hit a post, Pintado was denied by a brilliant save from Matt Duke that kept Hull alive.
Swansea City: De Vries, Painter, Monk, Collins (Rangel 55), Serran, Orlandi, Gomez, Tudur-Jones, MacDonald, Allen (Pintado 54), Bauza (Brandy 81). Unused substitutes: O'Leary, Tate, Gower, Lawrence.
Hull City: Duke, Brown, Mendy, Doyle, Cooper (Turner 91), Barmby (Featherstone 72), Hughes, France, Halmosi, Folan, Windass (King 62). Unused substitutes: Atkinson, Garcia, Welsh, Warner.
Referee: M Russell (Hertfordshire).
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