Hull City boss Steve Bruce hailed Dame N'Doye after his goalscoring debut in victory over Aston Villa.

N'Doye was on a handsome contract at Lokomotiv Moscow and was persuaded by Bruce to join the Tigers on transfer deadline day, despite being offered a considerable drop in wages.

"All the hard work that went into (the transfer) was well worth it when you see him play like he did tonight. Not many players take a significant wage cut to come and play in England, but he wanted to do that," said Bruce, whose side jumped out of the relegation zone and into 15th place courtesy of a crucial three points.

"I can't speak highly enough of someone who gave up a huge amount of money to come and play here.

"We've all seen the figures and what it (broadcast rights) will be in 18 months, but he's somebody who's taken a huge pay cut to come here and fair play to him.

"He wanted to show his skills here and I thought it was a fantastic (full) debut. Let's hope it's the first of many."