Andrew Robertson: 'We were the better team'

Hull City defender Andrew Robertson has insisted that his side deserved the win from their encounter with West Ham United at the London Stadium this afternoon.

A late Mark Noble penalty handed the Hammers all three points to leave Mike Phelan's side bottom of the table heading into Christmas.

The Tigers have now lost 11 of their 17 league games this season, but Robertson believes that a run of wins is not far away.

"Anyone who watches the highlights will see we dominated the game. We had so many chances and have been done by a soft penalty," he told reporters afterwards. "That is probably our best performance of the season and it ends up with us bottom of the league. That is the beauty of football. We have got to hope it turns around for us.

"First half we went in and West Ham were booed off. I can't believe we've not scored today. If we play like that we will win games - that is a fact.

"We believe it will turn around, the fans do. Some of our performances haven't been good enough but the fans were on their feet clapping us off. Their manager said we were the better team and that is just unfortunate."

Hull next have tough back-to-back home fixtures over the festive period, with Manchester City visiting on Boxing Day and Everton making the trip to the KCOM four days later.