Nottingham Forest 1 Hull City 2: McShane magic earns Tigers valuable win
PAUL McShane scored his first Hull City goal in almost four years to seal an excellent 2-1 win for the Tigers at Nottingham Forest this afternoon.
McShane pounced on Robert Koren's corner with 21 minutes remaining to net his first strike in a City shirt since scoring in a 2-2 draw at Liverpool in December 2008.
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Robert Koren scored a penalty
The defender was an unlikely hero for the Tigers and his close-range effort was the defining moment of a tight encounter at the City Ground.
Although City had taken a lead through Robert Koren's penalty, Billy Sharp followed suit from the spot to cancel out the advantage late in the first half.
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The Tigers' 11th win of the season cements their position in the Championship play-off places and lifts them within three points of second placed Cardiff.
City, with Aaron Mclean replacing the injured Sone Aluko in attack, undoubtedly had the better of a first half low on clear-cut chances.
Although neither side could claim outright dominance in a disjointed spectacle, the visitors had the first real opening after 27 minutes.
Corry Evans' right-foot shot found its way through a packed penalty area but not past Elliott Ward covering on the line. From the loose ball David Meyler came close again when firing his shot into the side netting,
The Tigers grew in confidence and a tidy move down the right channel would bring the opener.
Meyler's run in behind the Forest defence was halted by a clumsy challenge from Simon Gillett and, on the advice of an assistant, referee Gavin Ward pointed to the spot,
Koren, who had missed a dreadful chance in the 0-0 draw with Crystal Palace in midweek, would not be found wanting from sending Lee Camp the wrong way from 12 yards.
City's stranglehold on the game appeared tight in the closing stages of the first period, but they were guilty of gifting Forest an equaliser from nothing.
A tangle of legs between Robbie Brady and Sharp brought another avoidable penalty and the former Doncaster striker accepted the invitation to level things up from the spot two minutes before the break.
The swing in momentum helped Forest start the second half brightly with Adlene Guedioura curling a decent effort wide of the target, while Andy Reid also flashed one over from 20 yards out.
However, City's resolute defence withstood all that was sent their way and set the platform to retake the lead in the 69th minute.
A Koren corner from the left wing was somehow allowed to travel across the six yard box and McShane was on hand to turn in at the back post. Forest protested for a handball but McShane did not care a jot as he celebrated in front of 1,740 travelling fans.
It proved to be the telling blow to sink a fragile Forest side as the Tigers dug deep to record a third consecutive victory at the City Ground. A David Stockdale save over the bar to deny Sharp was as close as the home side came.
Watford, who continued their excellent run of recent form with an emphatic win over Barsnley today, will be next in the Tigers sights at Vicarage Road.
Comments
by qualitychap
Sunday, December 02 2012, 11:59AM
“After the disappointing defeat against burnley,city have bounced back very well against palace and forest,I'm especially impressed with yesterdays victory at forest,as we did it without aluko,who in my opinion,along with Steve Quinn,has been city's best player so far.
i always look at the big picture and agree with others,that a top centre forward is required,for a guaranteed top 6 finish.UTT.”
by bdinspain
Sunday, December 02 2012, 11:33AM
“The best coments at the moment are those from the managers of the teams we have played. Each one of them has complimented the football skills of the Tigers. Can't be bad - must be good.”
by Dandaragan
Sunday, December 02 2012, 10:51AM
“Wonderful. What a positive manager and team. City score goals. All fans should take great delight in this progress. Just wish I could see the games in Australia.”
by strummer1961
Sunday, December 02 2012, 7:30AM
“Totally agree with JH1311..
That's a hard earned 3 points in the bag and we sit in 5th place,what more do some people want?
We're only 20 games into a 46 game programme and some of the players are relatively new in the camp.Once all our players become familiar with each others game I can see us pushing on and mounting a serious challenge for automatic promotion.
Don't look at yesterday's team on the pitch,look at the squad in general...It's fairly formidable at this level and holds one or two gems that our rivals simply don't possess.
Fraizer Campbell would be a welcome addition and would fit in perfectly with our 'gung-ho' mentality but would he come?,and could we afford him and the wages he would expect?
If anyone can swing a deal of this sort of magnitude,Steve Bruce can!!!
Have faith jittery Tiger fans there's a long way to go yet.UTT”
by TheMouldsy
Sunday, December 02 2012, 1:15AM
“Can I have a pint of whatever OldGoldOne is drinking?
Watford haven't lost since October, and that includes sticking 6 past Leeds and beating Leicester. They have been stuffing poor teams and scoring plenty of goals.
Any win on the road is good in this division, City need to tighten up on consistency & urgency at home to avoid dropping a blob like the games against Burnley and Peterborough. If you don't believe me about how competitive this league is, go and ask Bolton who are 18th and have the same number of losses as City.
Nine points from the next 5 games (December) would be great and should keep the Tigers in the playoff spots come the New Year. Wor Steve is setting a reasonable and realistic goal for staying unbeaten for the rest of 2012, but Watford & Leicester are bumps in the road to get there....
Go Tigers, a lot of fun so far this season!”
by JH1311
Saturday, December 01 2012, 9:38PM
“got some miserable commenter's on here tonight eh? brighten up, we won, with Aluko and simpson rested ready for our next big game. UTT!”
by OilGasWorker
Saturday, December 01 2012, 8:07PM
“A much needed win but we are a striker short of a match”
by HCFCOK
Saturday, December 01 2012, 6:52PM
“Not sure Ciy are one good striker short of a top 3 spot or a couple of injuries away from a mid table finish ?”
by oldgoldone
Saturday, December 01 2012, 6:27PM
“Should read: Championship!”
by oldgoldone
Saturday, December 01 2012, 6:26PM
“Yes, an excellent win in the east midlands. However, City's goal difference is so poor that it is wrong to suggest that the Tigers victory over Notts Forest 'cements their position in the Campionship play-off places...'
However, an emphatic defeat of Watford, away, will help 'cement' Hull... 3-0 to City at Vicarage Road will be an acceptable start!”