Hull sink to Blackburn defeat

Hull 1 Blackburn 2. The relegation dust-up between Blackburn and Hull saw the home side lose thanks to goals for Rovers from Stephen Warnock and Keith Andrews. "A potentially crucial home defeat against relegation rivals, a humiliating bust-up with one of his best players and Dean Marney's straight red card for kicking Morten Gamst Pedersen in the delicates: it's fair to say Phil Brown has had better days," says Neil Barraclough in the Daily Mail. "Sam Allardyce guided Brown during the early stages of his coaching career at Blackpool and Bolton and it is unlikely he will have taken any pleasure from witnessing such an uncomfortable afternoon for his protege. But the Blackburn boss is fighting his own battle against the drop and will have had no room for sentiment as he took three increasingly valuable points back to Lancashire. Stephen Warnock was Rovers' hero, scoring his side's first goal in the 34th minute and then setting up Keith Andrews less than two minutes later to give the visitors a lead that Hull never looked capable of overturning."