It was a routine 3-0 win for Manchester City in the end, but for long periods there was nothing comfortable about their trip to the KCOM Stadium on Boxing Day.
Hull City produced another gallant performance, playing with discipline and energy to stifle a technically superior guest. It was starting to look like it could be worth an excellent point -- or even three -- but then came Andy Robertson's silly lunge on Raheem Sterling to gift Manchester City a 72nd minute penalty converted by Yaya Toure.
From that point, with Kelechi Iheanacho and a Curtis Davies own goal adding the gloss, it quickly became yet another hard-luck story for Mike Phelan's side.