Slaven Bilic ‘facing the sack if West Brom fail to get a result against Newcastle after shocking collapse at home to Crystal Palace’, with Baggies one point off safety
- Slaven Bilic faces a fight to keep his job as manager of West Bromwich Albion
- The Baggies were thrashed 5-1 at home by Crystal Palace on Sunday afternoon
- Bilic’s side are 19th in the Premier League in their first season since promotion
Slaven Bilic reportedly has just one game to save his job at West Brom after their shocking second-half collapse at home to Crystal Palace on Sunday.
The Baggies fell to an embarrassing 5-1 home defeat against Roy Hodgson’s side at the weekend, dropping to 19th in the Premier League in the process.
West Brom fell apart following the controversial sending off of Matheus Pereira at 1-1, and it has raised fresh questions over the Croat’s future.
Slaven Bilic is reportedly facing the sack at West Brom after a poor start to the season
The Baggies fell to a shocking 5-1 defeat at home by Crystal Palace at the weekend
He now needs a result against Newcastle on Saturday if he is to avoid the sack, according to The Mirror.
However, the game is in serious doubt due to the Covid outbreak at Newcastle, which saw their game against Aston Villa postponed and forced training to be cancelled again on Monday.
West Brom are one point off safety following the defeat, which saw Wilfried Zaha and Christian Benteke both score twice in a rampant second-half from the visitors at The Hawthorns.
It has left Albion stranded, with just one win and six points from 11 games amid 23 goals conceded – the worst in the division.
Sportsmail revealed last month that Bilic was on the brink at West Brom after a poor start to their first season back in the Premier League.
The promoted side collapsed in the second-half as they remain entrenched in the bottom three
West Brom collapsed after the controversial sending off of Matheus Pereira
Bilic led West Brom back up from the Championship but has clashed with the hierarchy at the midlands club in recent months.
He was frustrated by the pace of the club’s transfer dealings in the summer, which led to friction behind the scenes, particularly when midfielder Filip Krovinovic, identified as a key target after a successful loan spell last season, did not return from Benfica until late September.
Bilic was critical of his side’s performance at the weekend, admitting: ‘We conceded five goals and it is unacceptable no matter if you are one man down.
‘Our reaction was a really disappointing one. It was too easy for them, we didn’t mark.
Bilic faces the sack at West Brom if they fail to get a result against Newcastle this weekend
‘OK we were one man down and you can’t stop them getting close to your final third.
‘But then you should have enough players to defend.
‘Everybody was relying on their team-mate to do the job without man marking.
‘It was more up to them how many they were going to score.’
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