Liam Rosenior's Hull City hold Premier League hopefuls Luton Town to goalless draw

With the Hatters having already qualified for the play-offs in third place, and the Tigers safe in mid-table, there was nothing riding on in their Championship finale.

But Rosenior, inset, who replaced Shota Arveladze as manager of the club he also played for back in November, said: “The final game sums up where we are.

“We played some breathtaking football at times, I was pleased with the first two-thirds of our game in terms of our build-up, but when we got into the final third into some unbelievable positions, it just fizzled out. That’s no disrespect to our players, I’ve got no strikers and that’s something I’m going to work really, really hard to address.

“We’re building, so there’s a lot to be excited about.”

On the field, Hull forced a couple of early corners from Adama Traore shots and then had a glorious opportunity when Sonny Bradley's weak back header was picked up by Allahyar Sayyadmanesh, whose effort was deflected onto the post by the recovering Luton captain.

With half-time looming, Luton had their best chance of the half when Jordan Clark and Alfie Doughty combined for the latter to send in a terrific cross that was met by Joe Taylor, his header repelled by a terrific save from Matt Ingram.

Play quickly transferred up the other end, as Traore had a crack from a 25-yard free-kick which was excellently palmed away by James Shea.

Most of the excitement came from elsewhere though, with Millwall throwing away a 3-1 lead to lose 4-3 to Blackburn and Sunderland triumphing 3-0 at Preston to set up a play-off tie with the Hatters.

Luton Town: Shea, Osho (Burke 46), Bradley, Potts, Onyedinma (Thorpe 54), Campbell, Watson, Clark (Lansbury 55), Doughty (Johnson 60), Taylor (Berry 70), Freeman. Subs Not Used: Mpanzu, Walton.

Hull City: Ingram, Coyle, A Jones, McLoughlin, Greaves, Sayyadmanesh (C Jones 84), Simons (Seri 63), Docherty, Vaughan (Jarvis 87), Traore (Wood 84), Tufan (Longman 63). Subs Not Used: Darlow, Taylor.

Referee: James Linington (Isle of Wight).