Nacer Chadli’s double helps West Brom romp to 4 2 win over West Ham

Nacer Chadli’s double helps West Brom romp to 4-2 win over West Ham. A new era at West Bromwich Albion began in entertaining style as a 4-2 home win against West Ham helped ease speculation about Tony Pulis’s future. Instead pressure builds on his opposite number, Slaven Bilic, who admitted feeling embarrassed at half-time, and said: “We are weak and we have a problem.” In the first game since Thursday’s announcement that West Brom’s takeover by Chinese group Yunyi Guokai Sports Development Limited – led by Lai Guochuan – had been completed, defeat might have left Pulis, with speculation surrounding his future before kick-off, on the brink of an exit. During last weekend’s defeat at Bournemouth, Albion fans derided the general quality of Tony Pulis’s football in song, but no such criticism could be levelled on Saturday. It was left to Bilic to lament defensive lapses as West Brom surged into a four-goal lead through a penalty from Nacer Chadli, who was superb on his home debut, Salomón Rondón, James McClean and Chadli once more finding the target. West Ham, who have now conceded 11 goals in their last three Premier League matches, replied with Michail Antonio’s header and a Manuel Lanzini penalty but never looked like completing the unlikely comeback. Bilic said: “I don’t like to hide behind mistakes, they happen, and I don’t like to use the same language as I used after the game. But the key word is again – it’s happened again. The defending is not as required in a league like the Premier League. You can’t expect to get anything, make a comeback or anything like that, when you are 3-0 down at half-time – and then 4-0 down. It is a difficult spell and to be honest at half-time I felt embarrassed. At half-time it was a very bad feeling.” The Baggies were on the front foot from the first whistle. Within the opening minute Matt Phillips whipped a dangerous cross into the West Ham penalty area, the ball just eluding Rondón before McClean worked Adrián in the away goal with a low shot. Joey Barton gave QPR an injury time 4th goal against West Bromwich Albion as they romped to a much needed win at the Hawthorns, as viewed from the Smethwick End. For more articles and videos, please visit website: http://www.codeneat.com Subscribe our channel for more news: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNsZPeevsThwM-oC75hJocw?sub_confirmation=1