On This Day: Man United 4-3 Hull City, 1 November 2008 - Hull come close to dramatic turnaround
Hull City turn up at Old Trafford on 1 November 2008 fifth in the table, above Manchester United and still to lose on the road, not bad for a club new to the top flight. Phil Brown's side trail inside three minutes, Cristiano Ronaldo turning to send a low shot in off the post.
A header at the near post from a free kick levels it midway through the first half, and for a while the table looks justified. Carrick finishes a quick break off the post, and a deflected Ronaldo header from a corner makes it 3-1 at the interval.
Nemanja Vidić puts United 4-1 up at a corner in the 57th minute, and Brown sends on Bernard Mendy around the hour, with Péter Halmosi following in the 63rd minute. In the 69th minute Mendy lobs Edwin van der Sar, and though Vidić hooks it clear, the flag says the ball was over the line.
Mendy is then brought down by Rio Ferdinand, and the penalty makes it 4-3 with under ten minutes to go. Brown says Hull got some pride back in the shirt, and they keep enough of it to finish seventeenth and stay up.
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