HULL City picked up three massive points after a historic 3-1 win over Liverpool at the KC Stadium this afternoon, their first ever over the Reds in the club's 109-year history.
Although they went into the match as firm underdogs, City pulled off the shock result after an impressive team display, a win which takes them up to tenth place in the Premier League table.
Jake Livermore's heavily deflected strike gave the Tigers a deserved 1-0 lead after 20 minutes, but Steve Gerrard's free-kick put Liverpool back on level terms just seven minutes later.
But in a second half where they took the game to the Reds, Steve Bruce's side took a deserved 2-1 lead through David Meyler's fine finish low into the corner after 72 minutes.
Things got even better for the Tigers as Martin Skrtel's 87th-minute own goal wrapped up matters, deflecting in a shot from Tom Huddlestone which was heading wide of the target.
The seasonal best performance by the Tigers was just the boost required after last week's 1-0 defeat to lowly Crystal Palace.
Hull had started the day by digesting another round of inflammatory comments from owner Assem Allam, who told The Independent on Sunday newspaper that members of campaign group 'City til We Die' against his renaming plan could "die as soon as they want".
With the match just a couple of minutes old supporters in the East Stand gave their response, chanting: "We'll die when we want, we'll die when we want, we're Hull City, we'll die when we want" which was sung again and again throughout the 90 minutes.
The match itself quickly settled into a pattern of Liverpool going forward and City clearing their lines, before Yannick Sagbo and Livermore created a promising counter-attack in the 14th minute only for Robert Koren to linger too long over a final ball.
Six minutes later, City were ahead as Victor Moses gave the ball away to Ahmed Elmohamady when trying to attack from the back and bringing Livermore into the game. He exchanged a quick one-two with Meyler, advanced on goal and saw his 20-yard strike loop past Simon Mignolet via a heavy deflection off Skrtel.
After 26 minutes, Curtis Davies fouled the advancing Jordan Henderson and offered Liverpool the most inviting of free-kicks, which Gerrard scored.
The leveller settled Liverpool and both Gerrard and Suarez began to play with greater freedom as they probed Hull for further openings.
Liverpool started the second half shakily, Kolo Toure at times resembling an accident waiting to happen at the back.
Hull threatened on the hour when Davies headed a Robbie Brady free-kick a yard wide of Mignolet's goal and the momentum began to tilt in the home side's favour.
Huddlestone almost capped an impressive performance with a neat touch and shot from the edge of the area and Hull pressed home their advantage at the next attempt.
Meyler was the scorer, driving into the bottom corner after his initial strike was blocked by Toure, but Davies, Sagbo and Livermore all had a hand in the build-up.
Just before the goal McGregor made a brave close-range save to deny Moses, a contribution just as vital to the cause.
Liverpool went to pieces in the last 15 minutes, and a third goal seemed inevitable. It came when Sagbo met a hopeful punt from the back and held the ball up long enough for Huddlestone to arrive in the box.
His chance to finally end a long goal drought - and go for the haircut he has promised to have when he next scores - was not taken as his shot looked to be heading well wide until Skrtel intervened and left Mignolet stranded.
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