It was a result which suited neither team, and whilst Hull City raged at referee Thomas Kirk, it was they who were the architects of their own downfall.

Just 11 days before the 10th anniversary of their incredible Premier League title win, Leicester City are relegated to League One. Eleven days before the end of the regular season, Hull dropped out of the Championship play-off places.

They have gone five games without a win at the worst possible time.

It should never have been that way.

One-nil up, Hull were battering the Foxes in a toxic atmosphere where the home fans booed their own players and abused £90,000-a-week substitute Harry Winks much more. But for the fourth time in five games, the Tigers conspired to throw away a lead, this time in the space of two minutes.

They were angry at the penalty which got Leicester back into the game, but had they taken their chances before then, Jordan James' spot kick would have been irrelevant. As it was, Hull were fortunate to head home with a 2-2 draw, handing Wrexham the initiative for the two-game sprint to the line.

Leicester started well because they have good players, then gave it away because they are not a good team. They got away with it in terms of the result, but not their disgrace of a season, which saw the division's highest-paid squad booed off to chants of "You're not fit to wear the shirt."

Hull, though, had their own problems.

MONEY SHOT: Liam Millar celebrates putting Hull City in front (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

placeholder image — MONEY SHOT: Liam Millar celebrates putting Hull City in front (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

As soon as they got in front through Liam Millar, the Tigers grew massively and the home players shrank. The only problem was, they were unable to kill the game. And it became a big problem.

The away end apart, there were gaps all over the stadium and a sombre mood before kick-off. The trumpeter resisted the urge to play the last post as the teams came out, but that was the vibe.

But to their credit, the Foxes put it being them, encouraged when Ivor Pandur failed to collect the fourth-minute ball Semi Ajayi expected him too, and relived Patson Daka's lob landed on the roof of the net.

When Daka won a header against John Egan, Divine Mukasa shot the second ball wide.

EMPTY SEATS: Plenty of home fans stayed away from the Championship match between Leicester City and Hull City (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Jasmal Lascelles headed wide at a corner. John Lundstram was loose in his passing.

But so was Amir Begovic, shockingly so for Leicester as he played a backpass straight to Millar, who used Lascelles as a shield to curl in the first goal after 18 minutes.

"That's why we're going down," chanted the home fans when they had stopped booing, before changing tack to "Sack the board".

Hull thrived in the toxicity and Lundstam's passing sharpened now he was in the game. Whenever he found Mohamed Belloumi, Luke Thomas was in trouble.

REVIVED: Luke Thomas puts Leicester City 2-1 up (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

Pandur commandingly caught a Thomas corner.

Joe Gelhardt won a flag kick with a shot deflected into the side netting from an angle where that was the best he could hope for.

Gelhardt laid the ball off to Matt Crooks in the D, but he failed to keep over the shot he steered goalwards.

Millar shot over after being released down the left, then cutting inside.

But it remained 1-0, and 40 minutes in, Thomas rolled a ball across the six-yard box which Daka stretched to, but could only stab wide.

Hull were undeterred, Belloumi having a shot from distance deflect over and Crooks backheeling a nutmegged Millar cross at the goalkeeper, but Daka's miss ought to have done Sergej Jakirovic's teamtalk for him.

BACKHEEL: Matt Crooks (Image: Michael Regan/Getty Images)

If he did mention it, the message did not get through.

In no time at all 1-0 became 2-1 to Leicester.

Lewis Koumas, on as a half-time replacement for Belloumi, jumped into a tackle on Abdul Fatawu and after a lot of thought, Thomas Kirk pointed to the spot. Jordan James' penalty just beat Pandur's dive.

Two minutes later, Thomas was left to run onto a low ball from Bobby De Cordova-Reid and put his side in front.

Still raging at the penalty decision, Jakirovic was sent off.

Hull responded.

Millar clipped the ball down the line to Crooks, got it back and picked out Oli McBurnie for a smart finish with 64 minutes on the clock.

You might have hoped it would calm them down but instead Hull went to pieces defensively against a Leicester side who knew only a win would spare them from relegation on the night, as opposed to later in the week.

Suddenly the desperate home supporters began supporting.

Fatawu curled a shot over, Aaron Ramsey took the ball in far too much time and space but could not beat Pandur.

Daka, on the stretch again, hit a post in the 81st minute and a few minutes later Pandur was fortunate Daka was going away from goal when he upended him outside the area, keeping the card he received yellow.

At least Ajayi put a huge tackle in on Thomas to stop him scoring in stoppage-time but really a draw was no good to anyone.

Played through in the dying seconds, Egan, scorer of a couple of surprise goals this season could not get another.

All is not lost. Wrexham have two tricky games to finish and Derby County lost at Norwich City. Maybe in a week-and-a-half this could turn out to be a good point.

It did not feel like one on the night.

Leicester City: Begovic; Ricardo Pereira (Choudhury 90+2), Lascelles, Vestergaard, Thomas; Skipp (Ramsey 76), James (Winks 60); Fatawu, Daka, De Cordova-Reid (Mavididi 76); Mukasa (90+2).

Unused substitutes: Stolarczyk, Souttar, Aribo, Monga.

Hull City: Pandur; L Coyle, Ajayi, Egan, Giles (McNair 89); Crooks, Lundstram (Hirakawa 72); Belloumi (Koumas HT), Gelhardt (Joseph 82), Millar (Slater 72); McBurnie.

Unused substitutes: Hughes, Matazo, Phillips, Jacob.

Referee: T Kirk (Manchester).