Hull City 2-2 Manchester City
Geovanni equalised for the Tigers as Hull and Manchester City ended three-game losing runs in the league.
Daniel Cousin put Hull in front, capitalising on Tal Ben-Haim's awful back-pass to flick the ball past Joe Hart, who later went off injured.
Stephen Ireland levelled after a heavy touch from Kamil Zayatte gifted him an open goal and he then put his side ahead with a brilliant 18-yard shot.
But Geovanni equalised against his former club with a deflected free-kick.
The result might not fully satisfy either manager but it was a fair result after an entertaining contest in which some awful defensive errors added to the drama.
Hull City manager Phil Brown:
"To come in at half-time at 1-1 would have been ok but to go 2-1 down having gone 1-0 up can destroy you.
"The confidence levels of the players seemed to sap after the equalising goal and I've always said that if you stick to the basics it will come right.
"We got the basics readjusted after half-time and came out with a game plan that put Man City on the back foot and it was an exciting second half."
Manchester City manager Mark Hughes:
"We're reasonably pleased given the start we had, but we showed good character to come back strongly.
"We are disappointed with the second goal because we didn't think it was a free-kick and they benefited from that," said Hughes
"It's all about interpretation. We felt a bit hard done by and maybe similar situations weren't given in our favour."
Hull: Myhill, McShane, Turner, Zayatte, Ricketts, Boateng (Halmosi 85), Ashbee, Marney, Geovanni, Cousin (Barmby 76), King.
Subs Not Used: Duke, Doyle, Garcia, Folan, Giannakopoulos.
Booked: McShane, Marney.
Goals: Cousin 14, Geovanni 60.
Man City: Hart (Schmeichel 19), Zabaleta, Richards, Ben-Haim, Garrido, Wright-Phillips, Kompany, Ireland, Mwaruwari (Jo 76), Robinho, Vassell.
Subs Not Used: Onuoha, Michael Ball, Hamann, Elano, Evans.
Booked: Ben-Haim, Wright-Phillips, Ireland.
Goals: Ireland 37, 45.
Att: 24,902
Ref: Phil Dowd (Staffordshire).
