Hull City 2 - Southampton 4

A thrilling game at the KC Stadium left the job of Hull manager Phil Parkinson in serious jeopardy as Southampton claimed all three points with a 4-2 victory. Hull created a chance early on when Craig Fagan swung in a cross from the left which Nick Barmby managed to get on the end of. However, as the former England man stretched to reach the ball, his six-yard shot was easily collected by Kelvin Davis.

Unfortnately, Southampton took the lead on 19 minutes when David Livermore lost the ball in his own half. Jones took the ball forward for the Saints before playing a neat ball across goal towards Grzegorz Rasiak who thumped his shot home from just four yards out. The visitors doubled their lead six minutes later. Stuart Elliott gave a free-kick away on the edge of the box and Gareth Bale stepped up to curl the ball into the back of the net with a sweet left-footed effort from 20 yards.

Hull grabbed a goal back in the 43rd minute when Barmby slammed the ball home from close range after Southampton had failed to clear a Tigers corner. The home side then managed to equalise on the stroke of half-time when Fagan got on the end of a poor back pass from Jones before slotting the ball past Davis from 15 yards out.

Southampton regained the lead with 15 minutes left when Skacel played the ball across goal from the left and Rasiak powered home his second goal of the match from close range. The visitors sealed victory and another three points seven minutes later when Bradley Wright-Phillips found himself with space in front of goal and he had no trouble slotting the ball home from 15 yards.

Under-fire Tigers boss Phil Parkinson said: "Our response to their second goal was tremendous and I thought the effort and commitment of our lads was top-drawer.