Source: Telegraph
Hull City 0 Everton 4: match report
Hull City were left comprehensively humiliated at the KC Stadium, where Everton cruised into the fourth round without even having to exert themselves to make a mockery of the fact these two sides compete in the same division. [LNB]David Moyes, the Everton manager, was left delighted at the scoreline but will have taken more satisfaction from the successful comeback of Yakubu following 10 months on the sidelines with a serious Achilles injury. [LNB] Related ArticlesManchester United 1 Wolves 0Preston 1 Tottenham 5Manchester City 2 Fulham 1 aetSport on televisionYakubu scored the opening goal, created another and got some vital game time under his belt ahead of what will surely be more demanding tests than this. Jo added a second goal with a floated header before Dan Gosling made it 3-0 before the interval. [LNB]Hull's capitulation was complete when Leon Osman added a fourth in the 58th minute to leave Brown with hostile jeers ringing in his ears for the second time in five days as his side's season goes from bad to worse. [LNB]Everton's renaissance gathered pace at the KC Stadium, where Yakubu celebrated his long-awaited return to first team action with a goal as David Moyes's side swept into a commanding lead to leave Hull City and their manager Phil Brown suitably embarrassed in their own back yard. [LNB]An evening of nightmare proportions for Brown began after just 11 minutes when Yakubu, making his first start since rupturing his Achilles tendon 10 months ago, showed he had not lost his instincts in front of goal with a clinical finish from Diniyar Bilyaletdinov's clever pass to put Everton ahead. [LNB]It was the perfect start for Moyes, but the evening was to get even better when Bilyaletdinov's free kick in the 20th minute found Jo, who sent a looping header over the helpless Matt Duke to double the advantage. Five minutes later Yakubu turned provider, releasing Dan Gosling into acres of space on the right flank and the teenager duly took full advantage, drilling a powerful strike past Duke as Hull's capitulation gathered worrying momentum. [LNB]Hull have won just twice at home in 2009 and their chronic lack of confidence was being cruelly exposed by an Everton side in third gear and barely breaking sweat. [LNB]The chasm between the two teams was such that Moyes could afford to take Yakubu off at the start of the second half.[LNB]Assistant manager Steve Round said: "He's a 20 goal-a-season man. He's had an horrific injury and it's been a long road back for him. He's worked so hard to come back and the goal showed people what he's all about.[LNB]"He's going to be a big asset to us over the coming months. We took him off as a precaution. He wanted to go back out but we wouldn't let him. The early goals knocked the stuffing out of them and it was just a matter of seeing it through then." [LNB]Brown, on the other hand, replaced George Boateng for quite different reasons, mainly to spare him from being abused by his own supporters as was the case before the interval. [LNB]Brown could have shuffled his pack all he liked, the fact was this remained nothing more than an exercise in damage limitation but even this seemed beyond the home side. Everton scored their fourth before an hour had elapsed when Nick Barmby tripped Leon Osman. Duke managed to block John Heitinga's free kick but Osman reacted first to bundle the loose ball into an open goal and increase the pain for Hull.[LNB]Hull have won just one Premier League game this season and supporters are fast running out of patience with a team woefully lacking in confidence, skill and application.[LNB]They have now been jeered off twice in succession and Brown said: "It was a tough night. It became a damage limitation routine but the young players will learn a great deal from the experience. We've got a big job now, but it's about rolling our sleeves up further and fighting even harder because results like this can give the confidence a battering." [LNB]Match details[LNB]Hull City (4-4-2): Duke; Mendy, Zayatte, Cooper, Halmosi; Featherstone (McShane 46), Boateng (Marney 46), Barmby (Kilbane 65), Cairney; Hesselink, Ghilas.Subs: Fagan, Gomez,Cousin, Warner (gk).Booked: Zayatte, Kilbane, Carney.Everton (4-4-2): Howard; Hibbert, Heitinga, Distin, Baines (Neill 62); Gosling, Osman, Rodwell, Bilyaletdinov (Agard 84); Jo, Yakubu (Fellaini 46).Subs: Nash (gk), Saha, Cahill, Duffy.Goals: Yakubu 11, Jo 20, Gosling 24, Osman 57Referee: S Bennett (Kent). [LNB]
