Squirrel stops play as high-flying Hull City suffer loss
Hull City dropped a place to fourth in the Championship after they lost 3-2 at home to Bristol City in a game delayed when a squirrel twice invaded the pitch at the MKM Stadium.
The game was paused twice soon after when the grey squirrel made its way on to the field – it was first chased into the stands by a member of staff brandishing a coat, but not before a drop of its furry shoulder left its pursuer embarrassingly wrong-footed.
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But it returned minutes later and ran through the legs of a number of its chasers before finally being cornered by a ball boy’s stool and trapped under a coat following an acrobatic dive by one of those in pursuit – much to the disappointment of many of the home fans for whom it had been the best bit of action since McBurnie’s goal.
The breaks, which totalled around five minutes, ruined the flow of the game and when it resumed Bristol City were in no mood to give away any chances to the hosts, as Joe Gelhardt had an effort from the edge of the box blocked.
Hull’s best post-squirrel effort came when Dowell made it 3-2 – Koumas crossed from the left, Gelhardt outmuscled Vitek and the ball fell to the midfielder who thumped in from close range into an unguarded net.
Hull tried in vain to get a winner despite a lengthy period of stoppage time, but Bristol City managed to squirrel away the points.
