Selles confident Hull are dealing with the pressure

Hull City manager Ruben Selles has said his team are as competitive as any team in the league, after defeat to Watford kept them perilously close to the relegation zone.

The Tigers offered little in attack at Vicarage Road, leaving them two points above Cardiff in 21st place with five games to play.

"We were competitive enough, the game was won in one action, they had a little bit more quality into the final third," Selles told BBC Radio Humberside.

"We gave up pressure too easily for their goal, and we defended out of structure. We can do much better tracking the runner."

Selles was asked about Hull's final five games, and whether they are playing well enough to get over the line.

"We have got a lot of good situations in the last few months," he added, with Hull hosting Coventry next Monday. "We didn't get the results today, but we have not been inconsistent. The league is very competitive.

"The players are dealing with [the relegation battle] as well as they can do it. I do not see a team, or a player, that cannot deal with this situation."