{"id":182,"date":"2026-08-22T13:44:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=182"},"modified":"2026-08-22T13:44:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T13:44:55","slug":"hull-city-stun-manchester-united-in-premier-league-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/?p=182","title":{"rendered":"Hull City Stun Manchester United in Premier League Return"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Newly promoted Hull City produced a stunning start to their 2026\/27 Premier League campaign after defeating Manchester United 2-0 at the MKM Stadium on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The victory marked a memorable return to England&#8217;s top flight for the Tigers, who were playing in the Premier League for the first time since the 2016\/17 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hull took control of the contest through set pieces, with defenders Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy scoring in the first half. Ajayi opened the scoring before Mendy doubled the advantage, giving the hosts a two-goal lead at the break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester United, managed by Michael Carrick, dominated possession after the interval but struggled to turn their control into clear scoring opportunities. Hull&#8217;s organised defence held firm, while goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis impressed on his Premier League debut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result represents a major statement from Hull on their return to the Premier League and gives the Tigers three valuable points against one of the division&#8217;s biggest clubs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Manchester United, the defeat is an early setback in Carrick&#8217;s campaign and highlights the work required to improve their attacking threat and defensive organisation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hull will hope the victory sets the tone for a competitive season, while United will look to respond quickly in their next league fixture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001414734.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001414734.png 683w, https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1001414734-238x300.jpg 238w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">\ud83d\udfe0\u26ab\ufe0f Newly promoted Hull City beat Manchester United on their opening 2026\/27 Premier League game! \ud83d\udca5Special day for the Tigers at home. \ud83d\udc2f<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-justify mb-2\" >Newly promoted Hull City produced a stunning start to their 2026\/27 Premier League campaign after defeating Manchester United 2-0 at the MKM Stadium on Saturday. The victory marked a memorable return to England&#8217;s top flight for the Tigers, who were playing in the Premier League [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182\/revisions\/184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.inkit.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}