Peterborough United 0-3 Hull City: Posh fall to bottom of Championship
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Tyler Smith opened the scoring for Hull City
Grant McCann's second spell in charge of Peterborough United began with defeat by his former club Hull City as Posh sank to the foot of the Championship.
McCann, dismissed by new Tigers owner Acun Ilicali last month, saw his new side fall to a fifth loss in six matches as relegation looks increasingly likely.
Keane Lewis-Potter's stunning double sealed the points for Hull after Tyler Smith had opened the scoring with his first league goal.
Victory lifted Hull to 18th in the table, 14 points clear of the bottom three, with Peterborough remaining eight points from safety.
Smith - one of four changes for Shota Arveladze's side following their midweek defeat by Barnsley - opened the scoring in the 25th minute, prodding home Brandon Fleming's cross at the near post.
Hull might have extended their lead before half-time, with goalkeeper Steven Benda denying Smith a second as well as blocking attempts by George Honeyman and Greg Docherty.
But Benda was beaten again six minutes after the resumption when Peterborough gave away possession and Lewis-Potter capitalised to unleash a swerving finish into the bottom corner.
Richie Smallwood and Fleming both went close for Hull before Lewis-Potter robbed Jorge Grant and embarked on a classy solo run and shot to make it 3-0 with 20 minutes remaining.
Peterborough never looked like mounting a comeback and created little apart from a tame Sammie Szmodics effort that was easily saved by Matt Ingram.
It was Hull's first success in seven games and only their second since Arveladze succeeded McCann.
Peterborough manager Grant McCann told BBC Radio Cambridgeshire:
"It's a really disappointing result, frustrating. We've had a day or so to work with this group on the training ground, but that wasn't an excuse today.
"We gifted them the three goals, to be honest. There are loads of things we have to get better at.
"First one we lost the ball, second one we lost the ball and third one we lost the ball. Lewis-Potter's a good player at this level - give him opportunities and he'll take them.
"There's a lot of potential in this group - it's probably about changing that losing mentality that's around the place at the minute and that'll take a bit of time."
Hull manager Shota Arveladze told BBC Radio Humberside:
"If anyone's happy today, it's me - to see my team standing so organised for 90 minutes. I give the boys a lot of credit for that and it's the confidence they're getting back.
"We started well, with two or three good chances immediately. Then we did it and we got the second goal at the right time.
"They had to rush more and as soon as you start rushing you don't make as many right decisions as normal.
"We all see how well he (Lewis-Potter) is doing. The way he goes past the man, he feels the momentum is coming and those were great goals, very important goals."