Premier League: Hull City beat Liverpool 3-1 at the KC Stadium

Hull City beat Liverpool for the first time in 17 attempts with a 3-1 success at the KC Stadium.

Jake Livermore put Steve Bruce's side ahead after 20 minutes when his shot from outside the area took a deflection off Martin Skrtel past Simon Mignolet.

But the Reds were back level seven minutes later when skipper Steven Gerrard curled a free-kick around the wall into the net.

David Meyler then scored with 18 minutes remaining to give the initiative back to Hull and Tom Huddlestone's shot was headed into his own goal by Skrtel with three minutes remaining to hand the Tigers their first win against the Reds and dent their title push.

The Reds were without the prolific Daniel Sturridge as he began what could be a stint of up to eight weeks on the sidelines after suffering ankle ligament damage in training on Friday.

Brendan Rodgers had recalled Victor Moses and Raheem Sterling, the latter making his first start since October 5, but they proved inadequate replacements for Sturridge.

For Hull, it was a memorable afternoon and a season's best performance - just the boost required after last week's defeat to lowly Crystal Palace.

The match quickly settled into a pattern of Liverpool going forward and Hull clearing their lines.

The Reds forced three corners in the first six minutes, but the hosts stood up well to Gerrard's delivery.

There were hints that Hull were not going to be completely passive, though, Yannick Sagbo and Livermore creating a promising counter-attack in the 14th minute only for Robert Koren to linger too long over a final ball.

Nevertheless, it was still a major surprise when Hull went ahead six minutes later.

Moses was culpable, giving the ball away to Ahmed Elmohamady when trying to attack from the back and bringing Livermore into the game.

He exchanged a quick one-two with Meyler, advanced on goal and saw his 20-yard strike loop past Mignolet via a heavy deflection off Skrtel.