Man United win could provide extra transfer window spark for jubilant Hull City

Facing an expensively assembled Manchester United team, there would have also been a sense of trepidation about the reality of playing in the Premier League.

Any fears they may have had would have been extinguished with a stylish, organised and courageous performance against United, to secure a comfortable 2-0 victory.

To suggest the opening game of a Premier League season against United could have been 'comfortable' would have seemed a crazy comment, but that's what it was. They had to work hard for it, they had to be organised and disciplined, and that's what they were.

City, to a man, delivered on Sergej Jakirovic's masterplan, got the result their performance deserved, and they claimed a precious three points to start the season in the best possible fashion.

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Here, City reporter Barry Cooper looks at the big talking points from a joyous day in East Yorkshire....

It might not be a vintage Manchester United side, but it's still one that will be playing in the Champions League, and is expensively assembled, and nothing should be taken away from a victory of significant magnitude.

One supporter mentioned on the way out that she'd been watching City since 1969, and this was a result right up there with the best in the club's history, and for one that doesn't have that many Premier League wins at all, this should be cherished. In 10 Premier League games against United, the Tigers had never won, so this is historic. You'd have to go all the way back to November 1974 to find City's last victory in the league - a 2-0 success in Division Two, 52 years ago. These types of wins don't come around too often, and you have to enjoy them.

After the end of the season, City's fans were given what they could not have wished for: a better start to the campaign, and that sets them up beautifully for the next few games, especially given the way the fixture list has shaped up.

This was everything we grew to love about Jakirovic's side last season, all that heart, desire, graft and quality. Many may have questioned whether or not the Tigers could produce in the top flight, and they proved absolutely that they can.

That graft, that desire to fight for everything, was there in spades, and they showed their quality in the way they defended, their organisation, and when it mattered in the opposition box, two moments of quality to put the ball in the net.

The eight survivors of that Wembley success were immense, but so, too, were the new players, none more so than Konstantinos Tzolakis, who was imperious in between the posts to keep a clean sheet on his Premier League debut.

In any league, home form is absolutely crucial, of course it is, but in the Premier League for newly promoted teams, being hard to beat in front of your own supporters gives you a huge chance of survival.

To beat United and keep a clean sheet in their first home league game should give the players and supporters so much confidence that they can compete at the top level and make the MKM Stadium a fortress. They had the opening game excitement and momentum with them, and they'll need that in every game on home soil.

This result was a joint effort, and it proves that City can compete at home. This result should be the catalyst for when Aston Villa come to the MKM Stadium in two weeks, and Unai Emery's men will know that Jakirovic's men will be no pushover.

We've said all summer that City's players should not be written off, and that their style of play under Jakirovic can be successful in the top flight. For those who don't know much about the Tigers, brushing them off as rubbish before a ball has been kicked is a lazy, ill-informed way of forming an opinion.

That will keep happening, and that's fine. Nobody in East Yorkshire really cares too much about what the Premier League establishment are saying, because City will keep going about their business quietly and just getting the job done.

They've proved they can mix it with the best, they're in the big league on merit, and they're not going to roll over because some naysayers have decided their fate already. This was two fingers up to some of those, and long may that continue.

More than 300 members of the media were present at the MKM Stadium on Saturday, with the game broadcast all around the world, and journalists from Norway, Sweden, Turkey, Australia and beyond.

United create interest like few other clubs on the planet, and for City, this was a huge shot in the arm on a huge scale to show what they're made of. The Tigers' fantastic win will give them huge coverage in countries across the planet, and that first impression should not be underestimated.

What that means going forward, nobody can quantify just at the minute, but it certainly made Hull City shine once again, and that can't be a bad thing.

Without doubt, there will have been players a little reticent about joining the Tigers as a newly promoted team. That's entirely normal, but a result like this shows City are a capable team.

They're not ones there to make up the numbers, ones that're going to be cannon fodder every week, as some pundits would have you believe.

For those wanting to see how the opening weekend pans out, they've been given a clear indication that City are in the Premier League to make a real go of it, and that might just swing things their way in the transfer market over the next few days.

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