Championship roundup: leaders Leeds drop points in six-goal thriller at Hull
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Abu Kamara ended a difficult week with two goals as struggling Hull claimed a breathless 3-3 draw at home to league leaders Leeds. Kamara on Friday publicly apologised for posting “wrongly timed” emojis on former club Portsmouth’s Instagram account following Hull’s defeat to Middlesbrough on New Years’s Day. But redemption was as satisfying as it was dramatic as he bookended the scoring with a lovely early lob before scoring a precise half-volley after 89 minutes.
When Ao Tanaka let fly from the edge of the penalty box after 47 minutes to make it 1-1 the visitors seemingly had the momentum. Dan James seized on desperate defending to score at the back post on 62 minutes, after which Leeds went 3-1 up when Joel Piroe battered home a third. But João Pedro dragged Hull back into the game late on before Kamara’s dramatic intervention.
Second-placed Burnley are a point behind Leeds after beating Blackburn 1-0 in the East Lancashire derby, while Sheffield United are level with Burnley on points in third after a 2-1 win over Watford at Vicarage Road. A superb Andre Brooks curler reignited United’s automatic promotion challenge after a poor run of one point from their previous three games. The defeat was a third in succession for Watford who slipped further away from the play-off places.
Chris Brunt, West Brom’s interim manager, admitted his side’s 1-1 draw at Swansea felt like a loss after they had led until the 93rd minute. Joe Allen popped up on the six-yard box to head home an equaliser that earned Swansea another late point, after Myles Peart-Harris struck an added-time winner in the 2-1 victory over Luton in their previous home game. Tom Fellows looked to have given the Baggies victory with his 66th-minute strike.
