Hull caretaker boss Andy Dawson says his side were beaten by “a really good team” following their 1-0 loss against Rovers.

Sammie Szmodics got the decisive goal after 15 minutes, finding a way past Nathan Baxter with a clinical strike from a tight angle.

The result saw Jon Dahl Tomasson’s men climb to second in the Championship table, having won their last four matches.

Ben Brereton and Sam Gallagher were both denied by Baxter after the break, and Dawson says they are “top players”.

He told Hull Live: "First and foremost, I've got to give them credit, I thought they started the game really well and dominated in possession.

“If you look at the chances they got from 50/50 balls - I've just seen there that they created four chances and that's something we can do better at.

"It's not as if they've played through us, they were the things we've done really well lately, and that's credit to them. They had the majority of the first half and that's why we changed things at half-time.

“We got more on the front foot, we stopped them getting out as much and we were a lot, lot better.

“I do have to give them credit because we came up against a really good team today, who created chances - the front two are top, top players.

"We probably had one or two really good chances where, at this level against top-end teams you're not going to create loads, you've got to finish.”

Tomasson’s men now have a five point cushion over sixth-place Swansea, having won 11 of their 18 league matches since the start of the campaign.

Rovers are back in action on Tuesday night when they make the trip to Coventry City, who currently find themselves in the relegation zone.

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