By Daily Sports on January 26, 2020

Slaven Bilic enjoyed a winning return to London Stadium as a dismal performance by West Ham saw them crash out of the FA Cup at the hands of his West Brom side.

The Croat, facing the Hammers for the first time since they sacked him 2017, told Match of the Day afterwards: "Every time you come back to a place you have so many good emotions about, of course you want to do well.

"So it is great for us, for me personally and for Dicksy [West Ham cult hero Julian Dicks, his assistant].

"Did it feel a bit sweeter to win here? Yes, a bit to be fair, but it is not that I am sour or that I had a point to prove here. I just wanted to win.

"We big-time deserved it. It was a great performance by us - a complete one."

Conor Townsend's rasping early strike proved enough to send the Baggies through to the fifth round, although the Championship leaders had enough chances to win by a much bigger margin.

West Ham offered little in response, even after West Brom had defender Semi Ajayi sent off for his second booking with 18 minutes remaining.

Hammers boss David Moyes had named a strong line-up but his side took until the 90th minute – when Declan Rice tested Jonathan Bond from distance – to muster a shot on target,

In contrast, West Brom were a constant threat while they had 11 men, with Charlie Austin twice going close and Kyle Edwards also testing Darren Randolph. (Reuters)

•PHOTO: West Brom players 

Source Daily Sports

Posted January 26, 2020

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