Hull City safe after 10-goal thriller

Joy: Hull City's Fraizer Campbell, centre, celebrates scoring his side's fifth goal.

Nigel Adkins praised the togetherness and character of his Hull City team after Championship survival was secured in an amazing game at Ashton Gate.

Twice two goals behind, the Tigers roared back to lead 5-4 late on and were only denied victory by Joe Bryan’s equaliser deep into six minutes of stoppage-time.

Adkins said: “We wanted to be in control of our own destiny and it is great to achieve safety on the back of a positive result.

“Again the players have shown great character and a real sense of togetherness to twice come back from two goals down. Some of our attacking play was outstanding.

“Overall we have come out of a brilliant game to watch having not been beaten by a team desperate to get into the play-offs.”

Harry Wilson fired Hull ahead from just inside the area, but by half-time they trailed to goals from Marlon Pack and Famara Diedhiou, whose header on 53 minutes put the hosts 3-1 up. Goalkeeper Frank Fielding conceded a 56th-minute own goal when a header from substitute Fikayo Tomori hit a post and went in off him.

Bobby Reid made it 4-2, but Wilson beat Fielding at his near post with a 30-yard free-kick and substitute Abel Hernandez fired home from close range to level.

Fraizer Campbell converted a low cross on 84 minutes, but Bryan had the last word.

Bristol City: Fielding, Pisano, Flint, Baker, Bryan, Paterson, Smith (Taylor 84), Pack, O’Dowda (Brownhill 66), Diedhiou, Reid, Brownhill (Djuric 90). Unused substitutes: Wright, Steele, Eliasson, Kelly.

Hull City: McGregor, Aina (Tomori 44), Dawson, MacDonald, Kingsley, Larsson, Henriksen, Bowen (Grosicki 63), Irvine (Hernandez 63), Wilson, Campbell. Unused substitutes: Hector, Meyler, Toral, Marshall.

Referee: O Langford (W Midlands).