Bilic delighted with Antonio improvement
“I have been delighted with Michail Antonio, who scored the winning goal against Spurs, since he came into the team. He has improved a lot since he came here.”
“He is a quick learner but when you look at his history — he started out at Tooting & Mitchum — he had no other options than to learn. I didn’t know him before he came here but I have learned his story since. Success was not served up on a plate for him. He had to fight, not only physically but by thinking and learning. It’s much harder to go the route he has, through the leagues and many teams, but when you arrive in the Premier League it must be priceless. You’ve done it by yourself, no one gave you anything. There is that famous saying: what doesn’t kill you, makes you stronger. But the road to the top can be hard and painful.”