Hull City 2-1 Norwich City: Tigers fight back to gran final play-off spot

Hull owner Acun Ilicali struggled with his emotions after the final whistle and he can look forward to the play-offs, in which the Tigers have won twice promotion twice previously.

They began, however, like a team who had not won in their previous six games as Norwich took control, opening the scoring when Toure volleyed home Anis Ben Slimane’s dinked pass into the middle.

But 12 seconds after the restart, Norwich conceded a penalty when Ruairi McConville fouled Joe Gelhardt and McBurnie slotted home the spot-kick in the 28th minute.

Despite being second best, Hull threatened again when Matt Crooks’ close-range header was saved by goalkeeper Vladan Kovacevic.

The Tigers went even closer when Kovacevic had to make an excellent stop, diving to his left to push away McBurnie’s right-foot shot from Ryan Giles’ free-kick.

Derby falling behind to Sheffield United and Middlesbrough holding Wrexham presented Hull with an opportunity – and they seized it through McBurnie.

Skipper Lewie Coyle swung in a free-kick and Crooks flicked it on for the striker to score and send the home fans wild.

The drama was not over and Norwich’s Paris Maghoma felt he should have had a penalty in the 95th minute before Mathias Kvistgaarden had a shot deflected wide and the home fans cheered like a goal had been scored when Ivor Pandur caught the resultant corner.