Match report: Hull City v Millwall

HULL CITY have started the season with three straight home wins for the first time in almost three decades.

Goals from Robert Koren, Jay Simpson, Abdoulaye Faye and Sone Aluko did the damage for the Tigers as Millwall were put to the sword.

The Lions did pull a goal back after the restart through former Sheffield United striker Darius Henderson but there was little doubt that City were full value for their win.

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It means Steve Bruce’s men have become the first Hull side to claim three home wins on the bounce at the start of a season since 1983-84, the year the East Riding club came within one goal of winning promotion from Division Three.

The route began on 14 minutes courtesy of a neat passing move that saw Jay Simpson link play delightfully to find Seyi Olofinjana.

The Nigerian then looked up and found Robert Koren, who turned and hit a shot that seemed to take a deflection en route to finding the corner of the net.

Simpson added the second - the first of three goals in eight minutes - with a cool finish after being picked out by Stephen Quinn on 34 minutes.

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Faye then made it 3-0 with a firm header before the flurry of scoring was rounded off by Aluko after Simpson had been fouled and referee James Adcock played an excellent advantage.

Millwall did hit back on 64 minutes courtesy of a fine header from Henderson after the striker had been picked out by substitute Alan Dunne’s right wing cross but it could not put a dampener on the afternoon for the locals in a crowd of 14,756

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