Matchweek 1 complete
A lunchtime hole in East Yorkshire
Hull City 2–0 Manchester United
Match report: Hull City vs Manchester United
Panel 1: Before kickoffHull's first Premier League home afternoon in nine years. The cartoon away end expects a professional day. The home end has other ideas. Promoted side, lunchtime kickoff. Three points, then the coach home.
Panel 2: 17 minutesSemi Ajayi, 17'. A set piece, a centre-back, a ball in the net. BBC Sport recorded it. The script did not. From a corner? Already?
Panel 3: 38 minutesNobel Mendy, 38'. Another set piece, another centre-back. Two-nil and the visitors have not laid a glove on the afternoon. Not again. Please not again.
Panel 4: The dugoutThe cartoon bench has run out of shapes to draw. Hull, under Sergej Jakirović, look organised. United look stunned. Talk. Move. Do something that is not standing there.
Panel 5: Full timeHull City 2–0 Manchester United. Confirmed via BBC Sport on 22 August 2026. Two set pieces. Zero answers. That's the whole comic.
Panel 6: The boardPlayed 1, lost 1, goals against 2. The form string is a single letter and it is not a kind one. 18th is a snapshot. The afternoon was not.
