Reading suffered yet more heartbreak after Jake Livermore smashed home from about 5 yards in the 90th minute to gift Hull all three points.

Reading started the game extremely brightly, and Danny Williams should have opened the scoring just a few minutes in, but he was forced onto his weaker left foot, and his shot had no real power.

Alan McGregor then saved well to deny Nick Blackman. That man Blackman then opened the scoring after a stunning passage of play in which McCleary cut the ball inside to Vydra, who back-heeled the ball to Norwood, who then back-heeled the ball to Nick Blackman who rifled home with his left foot to put the visitors in front.

The momentum switched at half time however, and Hull found themselves back on level terms when Abel Hernandez hammered home a loose ball from a couple of yards out.

Prior to this, Andrew Taylor had been forced off injured, and Anton Ferdinand picked up an injury in the build up to Hull's goal, so Jake Cooper took his place, and a defensive mix-up almost put Reading behind but Jonathan Bond did well to save Chuba Akpom's shot.

After Chris Gunter had been remove from the field of play due to a head injury, Livermore sealed the deal in the last minute, smashing home in a crowded box to put Hull level on points with 3rd placed Derby.

Here are THREE things we learned from the game:

1) The 5-3-2 worked

Martin Kuhl shocked everyone in the stadium when his side rocked a 5-3-2 formation, with Nick Blackman and Garath McCleary drifting out wide, and until the formation was disrupted by injuries, it worked.

Reading had Hull on the back foot, with The Tigers unable to break through the back 5 and has injuries not forced Kuhl to reorganise and switch to a back five, the outcome of the game could have been different.

It remains to be seen whether incoming boss Brian McDermott will use this formation, given how it worked at the KC Stadium.

2) Reading should play to their strengths

The Royals had almost all of the ball in the first half, but it never found its way to Matej Vydra or rarely to Nick Blackman, who were Reading's most potent players.

Vydra made the necessary runs but no one pick up on them and played the final ball. Until they start looking for these runs, Reading will continue to struggle for goals.

The Royals are blessed with two strikers who have shown that they are more than capable of scoring at this level.

3) Hull can win scrappy

Wins like these are the kind that can be the difference between going up automatically or facing the lottery of the play-offs.

Hull showed real quality in overcoming the challenge of a Reading side who were set up to be hard to beat, and that is a quality of a promotion candidate.

The Tigers know that they won't get the rub of the green in every game so their fans and players should be expecting more games like this.

Hull and Reading fans...What did you make of the match? Did Hull show that they can win ugly? Did Reading deserve more from the game? Let us know what you think in the comments below!