Hull City 3-0 Burnley: Tigers up to third place

Hull moved up to third in the Sky Bet Championship table with a 3-0 win over Burnley at the KC Stadium on Boxing Day.

Jake Livermore, Abel Hernandez and Sam Clucas scored in the second half as the Tigers dominated for long periods against their promotion rivals.

Mo Diame brought a fine save out of Tom Heaton after 10 minutes before Livermore's shot was blocked on the edge of the area as Hull tried to wipe out the memory of the disappointing 2-0 defeat at Rotherham in their last fixture.

The visitors had their first effort on target but a left-footed shot from Joey Barton was straight at Allan McGregor.

Hull took a deserved lead when Clucas crossed from the left and Livermore volleyed low into the bottom corner of the goal a little over 10 minutes into the second period.

Maguire headed over from a Clucas corner as Hull threatened to take a firm grip on the game.

Burnley wasted a great chance when Maguire's block fell into the path of Andre Gray but he shot well off target and they were made to pay shortly after.

Hernandez scored Hull's second after 65 minutes, the striker cutting in from the right side of the area to shoot left-footed into the opposite corner for his ninth Championship goal of the season.

And the Tigers got a third in injury time when substitute Robert Snodgrass cut the ball back for Clucas to shoot into the roof of the net.

Hull boss Steve Bruce:

"It's important for him that he gets the headlines for the right reasons. Today was his best performance for us that I can recall.

"All the goals were terrific and in particular Jake's. Abel's and Clucas' too were good goals, but Jake's was a very good goal."

Burnley boss Sean Dyche:

"I think until the first goal there wasn't much in it. After the first goal we had the best chance and we didn't take it.

"They got a second goal and after that we've had to throw caution to the wind. The second goal is a real killer.

"I write off the third goal because by then we were chasing the game."