Lewie Coyle rescues Hull City at Plymouth Argyle as wait for victory goes on

Lewie Coyle rescued a point for Hull City to keep their unbeaten start to the Championship continued, being held to a 1-1 draw at Plymouth Argyle, as they continue to look for a first win under their new head coach.

City were a goal down early in the second half after yet more shocking defending, Ibrahim Sissoko smashing in the opener after they missed chances to clear with powderpuff efforts, but their skipper Coyle rescued the situation less than 10 minutes later when he scored a stunning equaliser, in off the post after a driving run.

City remain a work in progress, and it showed for long periods at Home Park amid another performance littered with errors and a lack of control in midfield, but boss Walter will have been pleased to have navigated a difficult away trip and a point in his pocket.

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He'll know his side must tighten up, and improve across the pitch as the weeks go on, but with so many changes and more new faces, he's got two points on the board and remains unbeaten in the league after two difficult outings.

Walter made just one change to his last Championship selection a week ago with Liam Millar coming in on the left flank at the expense of Matty Jacob, who dropped to the bench where he was joined by new signings Charlie Hughes and Mason Burstow, though there was no Oscar Zambrano, though he had just one session before travelling to Devon.

The big call came in goal where Walter opted to stick with Ivor Pandur and not Anthony Racioppi, who impressed in the League Cup despite his glaring error against Sheffield Wednesday. From the kick-off, City were on the backfoot when Coyle opted to go back towards his own goal instead of forward, gave it Jones who fumbled it allowing Bundu to find Hardie on the edge of the box and his low effort was saved low by Pandur down to his right.

It's a mentality that is perplexing, when Coyle could go forward down the line, he goes back and suddenly they're on the back foot, and under pressure, they didn't need to be. The high-octane start to the game continued and a clever ball through found Oscar who finished well but as has become a theme in the opening week, was caught offside.

Walter's man had no control, the game was like a basketball contest going from one end to the other, but the concern from the visitors' point of view was the way in which they were giving the ball away from Pandur. His poor clearance landed straight at the feet of Edwards, who shot wide.

The Pilgrims skipper was later booked after saying too much to referee Leigh Doughty after he allowed City to take a free-kick for offside from inside the Pilgrims' half, from which Abdus saw a shot blocked as it was heading in, and his follow-up was scuffed wide. Argyle had gone man-to-man marking all over the pitch but their aggressive start almost went too far the other way, finding themselves guilty of one or two poor challenges, so hyped up for Rooney's first game.

On the stroke of the break, a good break down the right side saw Coyle pick out Mehlem inside the box but his finish was poor, skying well over the bar in what was probably the visitors' best opening. Despite starting the second half positively, it was the hosts who went close to opening through Hardie, before Millar fired over and then seven minutes into the second period, City failed to clear the ball from the edge of their box and Sissoko lashed a fizzing drive beyond Pandur, out of nothing.

Another really poor goal to concede and the wait to score first or keep a clean sheet under Walter trundles on, and in truth, they don't look like keeping one. That goal was the spark for Walter to make a double change before the hour with Mason Burstow coming on for his debut to replace the ineffective Estupinan, and Will Jarvis came on for Slater, who had struggled on the right.

Just after the hour, City were level out of nothing. Coyle's driving run towards the edge of the box saw him feed Millar who touched it back to the skipper, and he swung a left boot and off the ball flew across Hazard and into the net via the far post, a terrific finish from Coyle, his first since West Brom away last season.

Millar then stood up his man on the left side of the box, before fizzing an effort right across goal but the Tigers needed Pandur to make two smart stops after yet more questionable defending. Freddie Issaka and Darko Gyabi replaced Ibrahim Cissoko and Mustapha Bundu for the hosts as Fin Burns came on for Abdus in the closing stages, closely followed by Tyrell Sellars-Fleming for Millar in the final minute, as City came close to snatching it.

Plymouth: Hazard; Edwards (c), Gibson, Galloway, Mumba; Randell, Forshaw; Whittaker, Bundu, Cissoko; Hardie. Subs: Baker, Ogbeta, Houghton, Pleguezuelo, Szucs, Wright, Gyabi, Waine, Issaka.

City: Pandur, Giles, McLoughlin, Jones, Coyle (c), Simons, Slater, Mehlem, Millar, Omur, Estupinan. Subs: Racioppi, Hughes, Burns, Sellars-Fleming, Burstow, Jacob, Jarvis, Smith, Seri.

Referee: Leigh Doughty

Attendance: 16,306 (623 from City)