MK Dons 0 Hull City 2: Bruce is waiting for the daffodils to come up before assessing hopes

Hull City manager Steve Bruce says there is a long way to go after seeing his side rise to second in the Championship (Picture: Jonathan Gawthorpe).

Goals from Ahmed Elmohamady and Mohammed Diame earned the Tigers a third league win on the bounce as they seek an immediate return to the top flight.

Bruce said: “We know what we’re capable of but we should have been a bit more clinical with our final pass and then we may have been a bit more comfortable towards the end of the game.

“There’s a long way to go because we’re only 14 games into the season, but we have had a good start to the season.

“It means nothing, being top of the league in October, there’s a long way to go before the daffodils come up so let’s wait and see where we are then.

“The club is now starting to lift the doom and gloom and that wasn’t easy, but there’s still a long way to go.

“All credit to MK Dons, they keep the ball well and this isn’t an easy place to come and win.

“It was a good performance away from home, we can play better but to put in a 2-0 win away from home is very pleasing.

“I thought we were comfortable and I can’t really remember McGregor making a save.

Hull went ahead on 19 minutes from their first meaningful attack. Despite appeals for an offside in the build-up against Jake Livermore, Elmohamady sidefooted home from close in.

After the teams traded blows in equal measure in search of the game’s second goal it was the Tigers who eventually made the breakthrough– former West Ham midfielder Diame on target with a curling strike.

MK chief Karl Robinson was furious with referee Graham Scott. “We did not deserve to lose, one man has cost us, but I can’t say his name. The fans thought that was one of the worst officiating displays they’ve seen – but I can’t say that.”

Milton Keynes Dons: Martin, Spence, McFadzean, Kay, Lewington, Poyet; Potter (Carruthers 82), Baker, Bowditch (Powell 66), Murphy; Church (Maynard 66). Unused substitutes: Hodson, Gallagher, Rasulo, Cropper.

Hull City: McGregor, Odubajo, Dawson, Bruce, Robertson, Elmohamady, Livermore, Meyler, Clucas, Hernandez (Maloney 79), Akpom (Diame 71). Unused substitutes: Taylor, Huddlestone, Maguire, Jakupovic, Hayden.

Referee: G Scott (Oxfordshire).

Man of the match: David Meyler.