Millar nets late winner as Hull topple Lampard's Coventry for second straight win

[p]New [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/coventry/GOvB22xg/"]Coventry[/a] signing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/awoniyi-taiwo/OWFf8WFm/"]Taiwo Awoniyi[/a] scored inside five minutes in a midweek Carabao Cup win over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/plymouth/WpGM6ELj/"]Plymouth Argyle[/a], and he was lively early on here as well, forcing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mendy-nobel/by4YfNNK/"]Nobel Mendy[/a] into a smart block after a darting run in behind.[/p][p]The Nigerian then nodded a header just wide of the post, although the offside flag went up anyway. [/p][p]His next effort was on target, with no intervention from the assistant referee this time, and he should really have asked more of Hull goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tzolakis-konstantinos/G0ZL7CGI/"]Konstantinos Tzolakis[/a].[/p][p]There was still time for yet another Awoniyi chance before the break, and the striker forced a better save from Tzolakis, but the two sides went in level at half-time.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="fe03d5ab-79aa-4bf1-9294-c4c43825deea" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="6be9ea20-b222-46a0-9c59-372673c7e006" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/hull-city/S66R0t75/"]Tigers[/a] certainly hadn’t threatened a signature mauling in the first period, and Sergej Jakirovic made two changes at the break, introducing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/douath-lucas/vuK0U09c/"]Lucas Gourna-Douath[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/drameh-cody/jyLCYY07/"]Cody Drameh[/a]. [/p][p]The visitors did look a little more imposing as a result, and Mendy tested [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/rushworth-carl/Yk6l0rzL/"]Carl Rushworth[/a] for the first time with a stinging effort from outside the box.[/p][p]The Sky Blues turned to their bench as well, and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/brandon-thomas-asante/2TmTgQFn/"]Brandon Thomas-Asante[/a] looked lively, although the corner he won came to nothing after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thomas-bobby/6PCT4GfF/"]Bobby Thomas[/a] was penalised for clearing out Tzolakis.[/p][p]Tigers substitute [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/millar-liam/fLLzagpo/"]Liam Millar[/a] then had a golden chance, dragging his effort narrowly wide after he had ghosted in behind the hosts’ back line. [/p][embed guid="65987977-c366-401c-a115-14fba2ccf7a0" url="https://x.com/HullCity/status/2093730672900739075" social-type="twitter" /][p][b]The Canada international wasn’t going to turn down a second opportunity of such quality, though, and he slotted home a cool finish after a quickfire break from a Coventry corner to snatch the win dramatically.[/b][/p][p]The defeat means Coventry are still yet to open their Premier League account for the season, and it also ends Frank Lampard’s personal unbeaten record against Hull as a player and manager (W9, D5, L1).[/p][p]Against the odds, Hull maintain their perfect record and can enjoy a temporary berth in second place in the table.[/p][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/tzolakis-konstantinos/G0ZL7CGI/"]Konstantinos Tzolakis[/a] (Hull)[/b][/p][image alt="Key match stats" id="511decfa-0514-4237-8d1b-498d5d429d00" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="35d68f99-a128-4fdd-9c36-490748885b4b" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/coventry-GOvB22xg/hull-S66R0t75/?mid=GUCzYBoR"]Catch up on the match stats with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]