Fulham boss Roy Hodgson is confident his players won't suffer from the pressure of their Premiership safety bid.

"This is the Premier League and if you don't like that pressure you should never take the job or agree to play in the Premier League," Hodgson told fulhamfc.com. "It's a fact - it is a pressurised League and when you're at the bottom the pressure if anything, gets hotter.

"I'm sure that I'm speaking for every coach in the country because I'm sure there are not many teams in the Premier League who are not under some sort of pressure. If you're Liverpool, Portsmouth, Man City it's the Champions League and UEFA spots and for about six or seven teams at the bottom it's the fear of relegation.

"We've got a huge gap looking up, but there will be a few sides looking over their shoulders now at us as well. At this stage of the season teams around the bottom of the table tend to get points. Bolton beat West Ham and Birmingham got a late equaliser against Everton. That's what happens at this time of the season.

"You lose a game you get doubted, you win a game and suddenly those doubts disappear. It's not as simple as that," he said. "Instead, you must judge things over a longer period of time and I don't think we've been very lucky."