Cleverley 'super proud' of young group in Hull win

Watford boss Tom Cleverley has praised his young team which featured three teenagers, a 20-year-old and 21-year-old in their victory against Hull City which keeps their faint hopes of a play-off place alive.

James Mbankwa (21) and Caleb Wiley (20) both started for the Hornets in their 1-0 win, along with teenage strikers Rocco Vata, Zavier Massiah-Edwards and Mamadou Doumbia.

"I am super, super proud this evening of a group of really inexperienced players, really maturely seeing out a game, determined to win the game, and lead by their captain [Moussa Sissoko], who was outstanding all night," Cleverley said.

The result means they are just four points off the play-off places, though Cleverley told BBC 3CR he was realistic about their chances.

"Until [the play-offs] is mathematically out of the question, we will keep pushing for it.

"For us, the next game is the only one we focus on. I want to show progress, I want this group to get back on an upward trajectory. We've equalled last year's points tally.

"If sixth is that upward curve, that's almost a miracle, but if that's eighth, or ninth, we want to finish the season strongly."