Hull City Altidore 31, Boateng 54 2 Man City Adebayor 59 1 ONCE a barren hunting ground, the KC Stadium has become the main stage for Hull City's Premier League survival fight.
And having played host to arguably the Tigers' most complete top- flight performance on Saturday, now there is definitely no place like home.
Out-playing big-spending Manchester City to notch a first victory since late November, Phil Brown's men were outstanding.
Picture-book goals from Jozy Altidore and George Boateng capped a team display full of purpose, commitment and endeavour. Much more of this and relegation need not be an issue.
Hermes BagsThe overdue - and richly deserved - victory sees the Tigers standing three points clear of the bottom three.
If City are to earn a third season of Premier League football, you suspect the KC will play a significant role.
Gone are those fraught days where a first season in the top flight yielded just three home wins and it is just one defeat in the last 10 at Fortress KC.
Just as Chelsea were harried and harassed in a 1-1 draw last week, Manchester City were given a fierce welcome into the Tigers' hostile backyard.
Spirit resoundingly trumped reputation and City could boast their fifth and finest win of the current campaign.
Victory will breathe life into their cause and climbing three points clear of the bottom three, the Tigers can enjoy their highest league standing for two months.
On the back of five points in a week, City suddenly look upwardly mobile.
Key fixtures lie in store at Blackburn and West Ham in the next fortnight, but if the standards recently set at the KC Stadium are maintained, a first away win of the season will not be far away.
To his credit, Brown has nurtured a reassuring sense of pride in the City shirt as the season begins to enter its business end.
Players relish the hard yards and confidence is bubbling back to the boil.
For a Manchester City side eyeing a breakthrough into the top four, it was simply too much.
Inspired by the tireless efforts of Boateng and the rampaging Altidore, the Tigers out-fought an opponent littered with international stars.
Boateng, in particular, typified City's week of upsetting the odds.
Mixing a furious tempo with flashes of quality in possession, the Dutch veteran has been a revelation in the Tigers' midfield.
Those around him were not afraid to buy into his work ethos either and from the word go, City were the dominant force.
Altidore had both of Manchester City's centre-halves booked inside the opening 20 minutes and ruffled by their boisterous hosts, the Blues never looked at ease.
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink missed an inviting chance to break the deadlock when volleying wide from Steven Mouyokolo's header, but the home side got their rewards on the half hour mark.
Boateng's neat pass into the feet of Vennegoor of Hesselink brought classic hold-up play and laying off into the path of Altidore, the American produced a slick finish from the edge of the box.
It was Altidore's first Premier League goal and, having endured a difficult first season in England, it showed there is certainly light at the end of his tun
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