- 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Ipswich Town | 43 | 26 | 11 | 6 | +32 | 89 |
Leicester City | 42 | 28 | 4 | 10 | +41 | 88 |
Leeds United | 43 | 26 | 9 | 8 | +42 | 87 |
Southampton | 42 | 25 | 9 | 8 | +30 | 84 |
West Bromwich Albion | 43 | 20 | 12 | 11 | +24 | 72 |
Norwich City | 43 | 21 | 8 | 14 | +16 | 71 |
Hull City | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | +8 | 65 |
Coventry City | 42 | 17 | 12 | 13 | +14 | 63 |
Middlesbrough | 43 | 18 | 9 | 16 | +5 | 63 |
Preston North End | 43 | 18 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 63 |
Cardiff City | 43 | 18 | 5 | 20 | -12 | 59 |
Bristol City | 43 | 16 | 10 | 17 | +4 | 58 |
Sunderland | 43 | 16 | 8 | 19 | +2 | 56 |
Swansea City | 43 | 14 | 11 | 18 | -9 | 53 |
Watford | 43 | 12 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 52 |
Millwall | 43 | 13 | 11 | 19 | -13 | 50 |
Blackburn Rovers | 43 | 13 | 10 | 20 | -14 | 49 |
Plymouth Argyle | 43 | 12 | 12 | 19 | -8 | 48 |
Queens Park Rangers | 43 | 12 | 11 | 20 | -17 | 47 |
Stoke City | 43 | 12 | 11 | 20 | -19 | 47 |
Birmingham City | 43 | 12 | 9 | 22 | -16 | 45 |
Huddersfield Town | 43 | 9 | 17 | 17 | -23 | 44 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 43 | 12 | 8 | 23 | -31 | 44 |
Rotherham United | 43 | 4 | 11 | 28 | -53 | 23 |