Crystal Palace 0-2 Hull City: N'Doye eases pressure on Tigers

Premier League strugglers Hull City claimed their first win in seven matches as Dame N'Doye struck a double to sink Crystal Palace 2-0.

Steve Bruce's side had been winless since overcoming QPR 2-1 in February and faced the prospect of ending Saturday in the bottom three if they came away from Selhurst Park empty-handed.

N'Doye netted the decisive late goal against the Rs and he was Hull's hero once more here when he poked the ball home from close range seven minutes into the second half before sealing the points in stoppage time.

Palace had belatedly rallied prior to that second and substitute Yaya Sanogo saw a header disallowed for fouling Paul McShane.

Hull sub Liam Rosenoir then clattered the crossbar with a long-range volley in the closing moments but it was N'Doye who had the final word when he ran clear on the break and finished clinically to edge his team up to 16th - two places and a solitary point above the relegation zone.