Hull 1-3 Arsenal

Hull	1-3 (HT 0-1)	Arsenal
Cousin 65		Adebayor 30 Nasri 82 Bendtner 86
Bookings: Ashbee 81		Bookings: Clichy 71

Arsenal had to overcome a spirited fightback from Hull to keep up the pressure on the Premier League's top four with victory at the KC Stadium.

An Emmanuel Adebayor header opened the scoring from a corner seconds after a Robin van Persie free-kick hit the bar.

But Hull roared back with Daniel Cousin nodding in Bernard Mendy's cross.

The Gunners grabbed all three points as Samir Nasri coolly slotted in Van Persie's pass and Nicklas Bendtner poked in from close range at the end.

With Manchester United, Chelsea and Aston Villa all winning earlier in the day, Arsenal would have been desperate to keep the heat on the Premier League front-runners and they named an unchanged side after beating Bolton last week.

Hull: Myhill, Doyle, Turner, Ricketts, Kilbane, Mendy, France (Fagan 83), Ashbee, Halmosi (Manucho 53), Geovanni (Garcia 87), Cousin.

Subs Not Used: Duke, Dawson, Folan, Giannakopoulos.

Booked: Ashbee.

Goals: Cousin 65.

Arsenal: Almunia, Sagna, Toure, Djourou, Clichy, Eboue (Bendtner 69), Diaby, Denilson, Nasri, Adebayor (Song Billong 87), Van Persie.

Subs Not Used: Fabianski, Vela, Ramsey, Gibbs, Merida.

Booked: Clichy.

Goals: Adebayor 30, Nasri 82, Bendtner 86.

Att: 24,924

Ref: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire