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'Sorba Thomas, he parks where he wants': Hull serenade star during Chelsea draw

Hull supporters sang “Sorba Thomas, he parks where he wants” during their 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge on Saturday.

The 27-year-old walked away unhurt after his car flipped over and landed on its roof near the club’s training ground on Friday.

Hull City's Mohamed Belloumi celebrates after scoring his side's second goalplaceholder image

Hull City's Mohamed Belloumi celebrates after scoring his side's second goal

The vehicle, a grey Land Rover Defender, was pictured upside down with broken windows, with Hull later confirming their summer signing from Stoke had sustained no injuries in the incident.

He began Saturday’s draw in west London on the bench but came on in the second half with his side defending a 2-1 lead, given to them by two goals from Algerian winger Mohamed Belloumi after Morgan Rogers had opened the scoring for the Blues.

Hull City's Sorba Thomas warming up before the Premier League match at Stamford Bridgeplaceholder image

Hull City's Sorba Thomas warming up before the Premier League match at Stamford Bridge

Supporters had sung to Thomas in the first half but reprised the number with gusto when he came on to the pitch.

Sergej Jakirovic’s side were unable to hang on to their lead and left with a point following Joao Pedro’s equaliser for Chelsea midway through the second half.

The home side were one goal up and cruising after Morgan Rogers cracked a finish inside the near post in the seventh minute, but there was once again too little control in their play, Algerian winger Mohamed Belloumi allowed space in the box to rattle home an equaliser after Chelsea failed to clear a long ball.

And Belloumi had Hull on course for another upset on their Premier League return when his deflected shot made it 2-1 before half-time.

As so often, it fell to Cole Palmer to drag Chelsea from their hole. It was his run to the byline and cut-back in the 66th minute that found Joao Pedro in space to hammer into the roof of the net, but there would be no winning goal as another entertaining game ended in frustration.

Sergej Jakirovic, whose team are still unbeaten despite conceding their first goals of the season, reflected on what might have been.

“I feel good,” he said. “We have to be happy. It’s a huge result for us.

“We had 2-1 at half-time and we had a 100 per cent chance with McBurnie, but Martinez’s save was excellent. We had an excellent chance for (Mohamed-Ali) Cho (near the end), Martinez saved again. Player of the match.

“We can be very happy. We took a point in a very demanding match.”

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