Hull City fans mock Joe Cole as Man Utd stunned in Premier League opener
Hull City enjoyed a dream start against Manchester United(Image: 2026 MB Media)
Hull City supporters chanted ‘Are you watching Joe Cole’ after they stormed into a 2-0 lead against Manchester United.
Semi Ajayi and Nobel Mendy gave the Tigers a 2-0 lead by half-time leaving Michael Carrick looking shell-shocked. Many tipped Hull to go straight back down to the Championship, particularly TNT Sport pundit and ex-Chelsea star Joe Cole.
He even suggested he avoided his phone after the company asked him to cover the clash at the AXM Stadium. After Hull stormed into a two-goal lead, the home supporters made sure Cole knew they had not forgotten his snide comments.
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They sang in unison “Are you watching Joe Cole” shortly after Mendy made it 2-0. His comments were blasted not long after he made them in an appearance on the Dressing Room podcast.
The ex-England international said: “Hull are gone, man. I’ll be stunned if they stayed up, they came in through the back door.
“TNT Sports have contacted me for the new season. They tried to slip in the Hull one for the first game of the season, I put my phone on ‘do not disturb.”
Tigers’ boss Sergej Jakirovic was certainly not phased by Cole’s comments. Before the game, he said: “I’m buzzing. Of course there’s a very big gap between the Championship and Premier League.
“We’re up against the best teams, players and managers and I’ve seen all the predictions. But it’s a great motivation to prove them wrong because we don’t have anything to lose.
“What we did last season was a very big achievement, but this is football and what happened yesterday doesn’t matter any more. We want to improve and show that we can develop to do even better as a team.
“Of course we need another miracle to survive. It will be an even bigger achievement than winning promotion if we manage to stay up. We need 40 points, so everything is very clear.”
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