Hull City were looking to back up their impressive win over Queens Park Rangers two weeks ago when they visited London for the second successive weekend to take on lowly Millwall.

Nigel Adkins’ men were buoyed by an impressive 3-1 win at Loftus Road ahead of a trip across the capital as they looked to make it back-to-back wins.

Despite taking the lead at The Den, the Tigers fell behind before eventually snatching a point late on when Markus Henriksen headed home unmarked at the back post.

Lee Gregory restored parity before Aiden O’Brien gave the hosts the lead as the looked to move away from the relegation zone.

Kamil Grosicki opened the scoring with a well taken sixth-minute goal, and that set the tone for his side’s performance in both halves.

Solid 

Without being too spectacular, Grosicki was solid throughout in both attack and defence, and his influence and role played somehow filtered into the Tigers’ overall style of play.

Grosicki managed to win 100 per cent of the tackles he competed for, as well as managing to complete 59 per cent of his passes in what was a respectable display, albeit with improvement needed in some areas.

Effective

The Poland international was as mentioned before far from explosive and standout but he was solid during his time on the pitch, but he was effective.

He had two shots on goal and managed to score with his first within the first ten minutes.

The other effort he managed was blocked, but scoring with 50 per cent of shots was impressive and shows how effective he can be when he is on his game and playing well.

Grosicki had 49 touches all game, and with a 59 per cent pass success rate and one goal from two shots, it showed that with the ball, he didn’t do too bad.

Shift

The 30-year-old put in a decent shift during his 84 minutes on the pitch before being replaced to a standing ovation from the band of travelling souls in The Den’s away end.

Having scored and set the tone with his performance, when Hull were attacking in the first half that was an extension of the enthusiasm shown by the wide man.

In the second half when Millwall did more of the attacking, Grosicki did more of a defensive job, sitting in and trying to deal with the pressure the Lions were putting on their hosts.

Hs performance typified how Hull played during the match, putting in maximum effort and getting a share of the spoils.

The verdict

It was by no means a vintage performance from the Poland international, but it was effective.

Grosicki was not at his best, but he put in a shift and did what he had to do to be a vital part of the team during his time on the pitch.

Clinical in front of goal when opportunities were not forthcoming, scoring with one of Hull’s two shots on target for the whole game.

It was more substance over style for the Hull man who typified the Tigers’ endeavour and never-say-die attitude that has served them well in recent weeks.

An average display but effective when needed to be.