I watched the first 25 mins and thought wow this is the lowest standard of football I've seen in the PL all season so..... I went to asleep! I actually was expecting to wake up to a 1-0 loss but was super chuffed we won and actually won well.
One has to wonder what the score would have been if we didn't have Krul in goal? I watched the replay and man if Alnwick had of played we would have been down 2-0 before the break. Krul would HAVE to be the best goalie in the PL, De Gea and Hart aren't qualified to tie his shoe laces.
Hull were very dominant in the first 35 or so minutes, was pretty worried myself.
Yeah, I think the scoreline was a bit flattering actually - Hull were pretty unlucky with a few of their chances (coupled with some good saves by Krul). They had one basically cleared off the line, another where they probably should have scored and the 'hand of god' moment from Elmo was luckily picked up by the ref (I thought it was a goal at first). Colo also had a freak clearance that went straight up...and almost blew into the goal (thankfully Anita was there to clear).
Cabella's goal came from a mistake (though he did a bit of work to finish the goal), Sammy's was a belter (though probably more of an opportunistic strike) and Gouff's took a fairly heavy deflection (though their team basically backed off and let him stroll from just inside their half to the box and unleash the shot).
Really impressed with Haidara (hopefully doesn't lose his spot when Dummett returns this week) who won almost all his challenges/tackles and looked dangerous going forward (also helped with Sammy's goal by pulling a defender from him) and Cabella's games (needs to start from now on - would be good to see him tear Palace apart and show Pardew just what he can do).
Also thought Anita was good too (would have him ahead of Tiote on form at the moment but probably a fit Abeid over both).