John Carver marked his appointment as Newcastle United head coach with a win
as goals from Remy Cabella, Sammy Ameobi and Yoan Gouffran earned a 3-0
victory at struggling Hull City.
Carver was confirmed as Newcastle boss until the end of the season in midweek -
having taken the reins following Alan Pardew's departure earlier in January - and
celebrated his first victory at the fifth attempt to keep Hull in the Premier League's
relegation zone.
Cabella gave Newcastle the lead five minutes before the break when he capitalised
on poor defending to open his account for the club with an impressive strike from
distance.
There was more drama to come on the stroke of half-time as Ahmed Elmohamady
appeared to have levelled - only to have his goal chalked off by referee Phil Dowd
due to a blatant use of his hand, which earned him a yellow card.
Ameobi doubled the visitors' advantage five minutes into the second half when he
let fly from distance to compound frustrations at the KC Stadium.
Gouffran's solo run and deflected strike 12 minutes from time ensured the points
belonged to Carver and Newcastle, leaving Hull with work to do and Steve Bruce
looking to the potential arrivals of Aaron Lennon and Dame N'Doye to brighten
moods.
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