Hull City 1-1 Blackpool: Oscar Estupinan's header earns point for Tigers

Blackpool's Jordan Thorniley was sent off after bringing down Estupinan

Oscar Estupinan ended his goal drought to earn Hull a share of the spoils against 10-man Blackpool.

The Seasiders went ahead when Sonny Carey seized on a defensive error to score for the first time this season.

But the visitors had to play most of the second half a player short after Jordan Thorniley was shown a straight red card for hauling down Estupinan.

The Colombian striker salvaged a point by heading in Louie Coyle's cross for his first goal in nine games.

The draw lifts Blackpool to 22nd place in the Championship, two points behind Hull.

Blackpool, who arrived at the MKM Stadium with just two points from their past six games, found themselves under pressure in the early exchanges as Ryan Longman and Alfie Jones both went close.

But the visitors seized the advantage in the 28th minute, with keeper Matt Ingram under pressure as he cleared the ball, and Gary Madine won it back, allowing Carey to rifle home from the edge of the box.

Estupinan almost struck back immediately for the Tigers, with Dan Grimshaw tipping his header onto the crossbar, before the Colombian nodded another opportunity over from Regan Slater's cross.

Ingram prevented both Madine and Ian Poveda from increasing Blackpool's lead prior to the interval - and, within eight minutes of the restart, they were reduced to 10 men.

Thorniley, who had replaced Luke Garbutt at the break, was outpaced by Estupinan as he chased a ball out of defence and referee John Brooks had no hesitation in producing the red card.

Despite that, the Seasiders might have killed off the contest by scoring again on the break, with Carey denied a second by Ingram, and Jerry Yates also going close.

However, their hopes of climbing out of the bottom three at Hull's expense were dashed 13 minutes from time when Coyle delivered a cross from the right for Estupinan to nod beyond Grimshaw.

Hull City head coach Liam Rosenior told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I want to play out from the back. It's given us control in games but we have to recognise when the time is right to do so.

"In complete control of the game, we played ourselves into trouble and gifted them a lead which wasn't deserved at that stage in the game.

"We dominated the game and that's the most frustrating aspect - we're not getting the points we deserve from it. We need to be more clinical and ruthless in the final third."

Blackpool head coach Michael Appleton told BBC Radio Lancashire:

"We didn't get the victory we deserved. But it feels like a moral victory in a sense.

"We didn't get the three points but I thought the spirit, the courage and the performance in terms of the skill factor that we possessed at times - especially down to 10 men - deserved more from the game."