It is no time to panic but we have to act.
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“It is not a good situation for us at the moment and we have a problem that we have to solve”.
Former Tottenham forward Nacer Chadli, superb on his home debut, Salomon Rondon and James McClean scored before half-time and Chadli grabbed his second goal of the game to put West Brom 4-0 in front after 56 minutes.
The Croat, who led West Ham to seventh last season in his first campaign in charge, added: “The problem is big”.
Speaking on Match of the Day, he said: “I know they have injuries and two new full-backs but this is not a problem that has happened this season”. I mean, 10 seconds.
The winger gave Masuaku no time to rest and eventually the Frenchman cracked with a bad mistake of handling the ball inside the area while trying to block his opposite number’s cross.
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“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”.
However, West Ham came on strong in a thrilling final quarter of the match, Dimitri Payet rattling the woodwork before supplying a brilliant cross that top-scorer Michail Antonio headed home.
Antonio’s header sparked West Ham into life, Payet surging into the area and drawing a foul from Brendan Galloway – Lanzini making no mistake with his penalty.
Kemp then went on to praise club-record signing Chadli following his two goals and two assists.
The unlikely comeback did not materialise but West Brom assistant manager Dave Kemp joked: “We’re not used to being 4-0 up”.
Another shining star for the Albion this season is the emergence of Sam Field and the Baggies manager had nothing but good things to say about the up and coming English talent, “Sam Field has come in and played fantastically. You mustn’t get too carried away with a win and you can’t get too despondent if you lose”.
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“He’s a terrific talent and when you’ve got people like Chadli around him, hopefully you’ll get the reward from that”.
