Slav delivers his victory verdict

Relieved Slaven Bilic was delighted to grab the club’s first three points of the season declaring: “The lads did everything we asked of them.”

Speaking to BBC Sport he said: “I am really pleased with how we acted in a difficult situation. After three defeats your confidence is a bit down but the lads did everything we asked from them.

“We had a game plan and from the first moment we were on the front foot. We stopped them from creating anything. We got our reward, a little bit lucky for the first goal but overall we deserved it.

“I said even if we did not win the game I would have been pleased with the performance of the guys because we had done everything.

“The first goal was at a crucial time because we had lost the momentum a little bit and that brought us back into a good zone.”