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Hull City marked their return to the Premier League with a 1-0 win over Manchester United at the MKM Stadium. It looked to be heading for a goalless draw until Slater struck with six minutes left, turning in a Millar cross to send the home crowd wild. United couldn't find a way through a stubborn Hull defence, who held out for a first Premier League clean sheet since coming back up. A brilliant start for Hull on their return to the top flight, and about as bad as it gets for United, who open the season with a defeat away at newly promoted opposition.
Pre-match Talking Points
Match talking points will appear here before kick-off.
Team Talking Points
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1Hull City are unbeaten after their first three Premier League games back in the top flight — wins over Manchester United and Coventry, plus a goalless draw at Aston Villa. They haven't conceded a single goal yet either, which for a newly promoted side is a genuinely remarkable start.
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2Beating Manchester United in their first few weeks back among the elite is the kind of result Hull fans will be telling people about for years. It doesn't matter how the rest of the season goes — that one's banked.
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3Most promoted clubs take a few months to stop looking overawed by the step up. Hull look like they've done their homework instead, playing with a level of composure that's caught a lot of people off guard.
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4No promoted side keeps a zero in the goals-conceded column all season, so this record won't last forever. Enjoy it while it's there rather than assuming it's the new normal — Hull fans certainly are.
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5This is a club and fanbase that deserve nothing but warmth right now — a hard-earned promotion followed by the best possible start to life back in the top flight. Don't be the person who immediately points out it can't last.
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Top thing to say down the pub
Hull haven't conceded a single goal all season — say that to a Hull fan and watch them light up.
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Avoid saying
"Enjoy it while it lasts" — technically true, but say it to a Hull fan three games into their best top-flight start in years and you'll come across as the person who can't just let people enjoy a good thing.
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1Michael Carrick has gone from emergency stand-in to permanent manager in the space of a season. He took over in January after Ruben Amorim was sacked, won 19 points from a possible 21 in his first seven games, and steered United to a third-place finish and Champions League qualification.
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2That turnaround is the reason United fans are cautiously optimistic rather than braced for another crisis this season — the last permanent-manager appointment before Carrick didn't exactly go to plan.
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3New signings Bryan Mbeumo and Benjamin Sesko have both been getting on the scoresheet early, including in a wild 2-2 draw at Everton where Sesko headed United in front late on.
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4That Everton draw was a proper gut-punch — United led with minutes left, only for debutant Ainsley Maitland-Niles to smash in a stunning stoppage-time equaliser. Worth bringing up if a United fan is in a good mood and you fancy bringing them back down gently.
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5The real question of the season for United isn't whether they can compete for the top four — Carrick's already shown that's possible. It's whether last season's form was a genuine building block or a purple patch that's hard to repeat.
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Top thing to say down the pub
United fans have actually got a reason for cautious optimism this season, which after the last few years is basically a headline in itself.
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Avoid saying
"United are still a mess under whoever's in charge" — ignores that Carrick turned things around dramatically and got them back into the Champions League, so it'll make you sound like you stopped paying attention around the time Amorim got sacked.