- Marlon Pack (37')
- Famara Diédhiou (40', 53')
- Bobby De Cordova-Reid (64')
- Joe Bryan (90'+4')
- Harry Wilson (16', 72')
- Frank Fielding (56' OG)
- Abel Hernández (80')
- Fraizer Campbell (87')
Joe Bryan earns Bristol City a point in Ashton Gate thriller
Hull twice fought back from two goals down to inflict a potentially fatal blow on Bristol City's Championship play-off hopes in an amazing 5-5 draw at Ashton Gate.Fraizer Campbell slid home an 87th-minute goal from a cross by substitute Kamil Grosicki to put the visitors ahead 5-4 after they had trailed 3-1 and 4-2.But during six minutes of stoppage time, Joe Bryan cut in from the left to equalise with a low drive from just outside the box. There was still time for Robins goalkeeper Frank Fielding to save from Abel Hernandez as a crazy game reached a costly conclusion for the hosts.Harry Wilson fired Hull into a 16th-minute lead, accepting a return pass from Jackson Irvine and hammering a left-footed shot past Fielding into the top corner.But the hosts were level on 37 minutes when, after a period of pressure, the ball broke to Marlon Pack in a central area 30 yards out and he moved forward to strike a low right-footed drive past Allan McGregor.Three minutes later the home side went ahead through club record-signing Famara Diedhiou, who held off a challenge from Michael Dawson when the ball dropped to him in the box and took his time before hammering home a left-footed shot.Diedhiou notched his second eight minutes after the break, producing a perfectly placed header from Bobby Reid's left-wing chip and directing the ball inside the far post from 10 yards to make it 3-1.But Hull were back in it almost immediately as substitute Fikayo Tomori headed a diagonal ball from Angus McDonald against a post and the ball went in off Fielding for an own goal.On 64 minutes, Reid ran onto a through ball and got between Angus McDonald and the advancing McGregor to slot his 21st goal of the season.Still Hull refused to buckle and the impressive Wilson made it 4-3 with a 30-yard free-kick from the right that beat Fielding at his near post.Ten minutes from time it was 4-4 as Hernandez fired home a low cross from fellow substitute Grosicki. The game finished like a basketball match with both sides looking set to score from every attack.The first half saw the Robins create the better chances. Callum O'Dowda had a close-range volley saved by McGregor in the opening minutes after Jamie Paterson's chip had created the opening.McGregor made a brilliant save from his own defender Stephen Kingsley, who inadvertently nodded on a Reid header.The Robins were unlucky on 33 minutes when Paterson turned neatly just outside the box and saw his deflected shot come back off a post.But on a day they needed a win to keep play-off hopes flickering, Lee Johnson's men were found badly wanting defensively.
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English League Championship Standings
Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leicester City | 44 | 30 | 4 | 10 | +47 | 94 |
Leeds United | 44 | 27 | 9 | 8 | +43 | 90 |
Ipswich Town | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | +32 | 89 |
Southampton | 44 | 25 | 9 | 10 | +24 | 84 |
West Bromwich Albion | 44 | 20 | 12 | 12 | +23 | 72 |
Norwich City | 44 | 21 | 9 | 14 | +16 | 72 |
Hull City | 44 | 19 | 12 | 13 | +9 | 69 |
Coventry City | 43 | 17 | 12 | 14 | +13 | 63 |
Middlesbrough | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | +4 | 63 |
Preston North End | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | -5 | 63 |
Cardiff City | 44 | 19 | 5 | 20 | -11 | 62 |
Bristol City | 44 | 16 | 11 | 17 | +4 | 59 |
Sunderland | 44 | 16 | 8 | 20 | +1 | 56 |
Swansea City | 44 | 15 | 11 | 18 | -5 | 56 |
Watford | 44 | 12 | 17 | 15 | +1 | 53 |
Millwall | 44 | 14 | 11 | 19 | -12 | 53 |
Stoke City | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 50 |
Queens Park Rangers | 44 | 13 | 11 | 20 | -16 | 50 |
Blackburn Rovers | 44 | 13 | 10 | 21 | -16 | 49 |
Plymouth Argyle | 44 | 12 | 12 | 20 | -11 | 48 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 44 | 13 | 8 | 23 | -29 | 47 |
Birmingham City | 44 | 12 | 10 | 22 | -16 | 46 |
Huddersfield Town | 44 | 9 | 17 | 18 | -27 | 44 |
Rotherham United | 44 | 4 | 12 | 28 | -53 | 24 |