Liam Rosenior highlighted Hull’s “complete professionalism” after his side returned to the Sky Bet Championship top six with a resounding 3-0 win at home to Cardiff.
Aaron Connolly gave the Tigers a deserved 1-0 lead at half-time before Scott Twine and Ozan Tufan blew away the abject visitors after the restart.
Rosenior said: “The performance was probably similar to a lot of games we’ve played this season, but we had a ruthless side to us.
“It was a really pleasing day but we have to maintain this way of playing and in this vein of form.
“The first goal was really important – Aaron was in a perfect position – and then Scott Twine scores a free-kick and Ozan’s goal was beautiful.
“I really enjoyed the way we saw the game out. I wanted a clean sheet and it was complete professionalism.
“I always want more but the way we went 2-0 up in the second half and continued to press was magnificent.”
Hull, who claimed an important win at Middlesbrough in midweek, were excellent from the outset.
They could have been 2-0 up before Connolly scored a back-post tap-in off Liam Delap’s low cross on 32 minutes.
Cardiff manager Erol Brulet, so frustrated by his side’s timid defeat at home to Birmingham in midweek, will have demanded much more after the interval.
But Hull remained on the front foot, and doubled their lead after 56 minutes when Twine scored a perfect, curling free-kick from the edge of the penalty box.
Tufan underscored the hosts’ dominance three minutes later when he expertly controlled Tyler Morton’s reaching long ball before lobbing Jak Alnwick.
Rosenior said: “If you press and you work hard, good things happen. I think what epitomised that was Ozan’s performance.
“There’s a good feeling at the club between the players and the fans. There’s a lot of confidence at the club and I’m really happy with the way things are going.
“We’re a team. We win as a team and we lose as a team. For us to get to where we want to be, it has to be a team mentality and every single player does their job.
“I’m sure there’ll be more setbacks to come but the team are showing me a determination and resilience that I’m really happy with.”
Counterpart Brulet feels Cardiff, who have lost three of their last four games, are beginning to feel the pressure of expectation.
He said: “We saw the quality difference between the two teams.
“When you want to be in the play-off positions we have to show much, much more – we are far away from that (reaching the top six).
“We didn’t show anything. Maybe in the past I said we want to be around the play-offs, and maybe that was too much pressure on the players.
“I have to ask myself about that. Maybe it was too much for some of the players.
“I try to get the maximum from the team. Maybe I try to ask too much of the players too quickly.”
Brulet added: “You need to change inside the club or nothing will change today or tomorrow.
“I only have one year and I have to change the maximum of what I can do.
“Maybe we have to put our foot on the break at times. Everyone’s frustrated – me, the players and fans – but in this situation we all together.
“At the start of the season, everybody would accept that our target was to stay in the league, but I do not accept that myself.
“January is coming and the season is not finished yet.”
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