Hull City join Coventry City, Ipswich Town back in Premier League
Hull City earned a last-minute 1-0 win over Middlesbrough in the Championship play-off final to gain promotion to the Premier League at Wembley on Saturday.
Middlesbrough were handed a place in the final after Southampton were booted out for spying despite winning the semi-final tie.
Oli McBurnie scored the winning goal in the 95th minute after Middlesbrough goalkeeper Brynn spilt Yu Hirakawa’s cross to allow him to stab home the winner.
The victory ended Hull City’s nine-year wait for Premier League promotion after they suffered relegation in 2017.
The Tigers will join Coventry City and Ipswich Town as the three promoted sides from the Championship to play in the Premier League next season.
Hull City defeated Millwall 2-0 on aggregate to qualify for the Championship play-off final.
Super Eagles defender Semi Ajayi played the whole duration of the encounter for Hull City.
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The club’s coach, Sergej Jakirovic, praised his players for their battling performance in the encounter.
He said: “It is an amazing feeling, I can’t believe it. We did it because we suffered a lot with the game.
“Like I said before the game, they are really happy with the ball, okay they didn’t get great chances and then after 15-minutes we changed our shape. Crooks tried to help Oli [McBurnie].
“It was very good. Oli enjoys to play this type of game. We agreed he would score 15-goals.
“The regular season was the worst and then we started a completely new tournament and it matter how many points you won there.
“It is about pressure because you have time to fix everything. This is very demanding and a very difficult league, this is intensity and it is unbelievable.”
Meanwhile, reports say that for winning the Championship play-off final, Hull City will receive a record-breaking minimum of £215million.
