Championship roundup: Hull City suffer second straight 3-1 defeat

Hull City 1-3 Peterborough United Steve Bruce was left to rue the collapse of what had been Hull's best start in 28 years, with a second successive 3-1 defeat – and this one against the division's bottom club. "It was one of those awful games, we were punished for individual errors. You can't make those sort of mistakes: it was littered with bad ones." Darren Ferguson said his Peterborough side were due a win, having kept their morale up despite their seven-game losing run – and was thrilled with Emile Sinclair's hat-trick. "This gives us a platform but we showed hard work and team spirit. Emile gave us such energy up front." Bolton 0-1 Crystal Palace Bolton's manager Owen Coyle was left furious by referee Geoff Eltringham's late penalty decision that ended their unbeaten home run. Bolton had two of their own penalty appeals turned down before Palace's Wilfried Zaha went down in the box – with Glenn Murray scoring from the spot. "It's cost us the game and it's not good enough. I spoke to the referee afterwards and he said he couldn't see what was a stonewall penalty for us. It's hard to take." Palace's manager Dougie Freedman was delighted after his side made it 13 points won from the last 15. "This is our biggest scalp so far." And the rest The season's form side Brighton went down 1-0 at home to Birmingham , who bounced back brilliantly from the humiliation of last week's 5-0 defeat. ■ Barnsley's Stephen Dawson hit their late equaliser in a 1-1 draw to keep the pressure on Ipswich manager Paul Jewell. ■ Burnley were denied a home win by a 90th-minute Darius Henderson goal for Millwall in a 2-2 draw. ■ Cardiff beat Blackpool 3-0 to make it four home wins from four: their best record since their 1959-60 promotion season. ■ Gianfranco Zola was full of praise for Troy Deeney who helped Watford to a 3-2 victory at Huddersfield in his first start since being released from prison. ■ Leicester secured an impressive 2-1 win at Middlesbrough via a late Lloyd Dyer goal. ■ And Wolves beat struggling Sheffield Wednesday 1-0.