Three things we learnt from Hull City’s 2-0 victory over Liverpool

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Hull City grabbed a lifeline in their bid for Premier League survival with a surprise 2-0 victory over Liverpool, whose title aspirations now appear to be over. Alfred N’Diaye opened the scoring on his debut shortly before half-time and the home side sealed three valuable points late on courtesy of Everton loanee Oumar Niasse. The Tigers are only one point adrift of safety having climbed above Crystal Palace into 18th place. It reinforces the excellent work that Marco Silva has done since being unveiled as Mike Phelan’s successor. For Liverpool however, this was a disastrous result that all but ends their hopes of lifting the Premier League trophy for the first time. Here are three things we have learnt from an incident-packed afternoon on Humberside.

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Silva’s arrival has revitalised Hull

It’s difficult to overstate just how big an impact the Portuguese has had during his brief time at Hull. The Tigers were rooted to the foot of the table when Silva was appointed as Phelan’s replacement on January 5, seemingly with no hope of avoiding relegation back to the Championship. He secured a morale-boosting victory over Bournemouth in his first Premier League outing and his charges performed admirably in the two legs of the EFL Cup semi-final against Manchester United, which they lost 2-1 on aggregate. But this past week has been extraordinary. Hull ground out a goalless draw against United at Old Trafford thanks to a praiseworthy rearguard effort and backed up that point with this against-all-odds triumph. Silva has injected belief into his players, organising them defensively while maintaining a goal threat.This has been achieved despite the departures of Robert Snodgrass and Jake Livermore. Hull have won all four home games since Silva took the reins. Remarkable.