Hull City boss Steve Bruce was delighted to snap their losing run at former club Sunderland.

The former boss at the Stadium of Light saw his team recover from a dreadful start - they fell behind with just 30 seconds on the clock - to run out 3-1 winners and in the process end a 10-game winless Barclays Premier League run.

Victory lifted the Tigers out of the bottom three ahead of Sunday's home clash with fellow strugglers Leicester and handed their manager some welcome respite.

Bruce said with a smile: "I take no real pleasure in that.

"Of course I get abused from the moment I walk in here until I go home, but the vast majority might just have a little look and think, 'Do you know what it is? He didn't do a bad job after all here'.

"It's the way it is. In some people's eyes I'm black and white, and today I am pleased to be."