Belloumi brace extends Hull's unbeaten run at Chelsea — SkimNews
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- Hull City drew 2-2 at Chelsea on Saturday 12 September 2026, extending their unbeaten start to the Premier League season and climbing momentarily to the top of the table.
- Mohamed Belloumi scored twice for Hull inside the first 35 minutes — first capitalizing on Jorrel Hato letting the ball bounce over him in his own penalty area, then seeing his edge-of-the-box strike deflect off Levi Colwill and beat Emi Martinez to complete the turnaround.
- Morgan Rogers opened the scoring for Chelsea after a rapid counter-attack launched from a Hull corner, firing past Hull goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis at his near post.
- Emi Martinez recovered from an initial spill to make a remarkable close-range stop denying Oli McBurnie a third Hull goal — a save that proved decisive when Cole Palmer set up Joao Pedro to smash Chelsea's equalizer into the roof of the net just after the hour mark.
- Mohamed-Ali Cho struck straight at a goalkeeper from six yards out in the 87th minute, squandering a huge chance to win all three points for Hull at Stamford Bridge.
- Hull manager Sergej Jakirovic had joked pre-match that the only way to stop Xabi Alonso's 'potent attack' was to 'kick them' — a comment Hull's defending vindicated, according to the report.
Why it matters: Hull sit momentarily atop the Premier League after taking a point from their toughest test of the season, while Chelsea's defensive gifts — Hato letting a cross bounce in his own box and Colwill deflecting Belloumi's strike — undermined what was a promising attacking display from Rogers, Palmer, and Pedro.
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