No limits for Slaven Bilic

Manchester City 1 West Ham 2: The respective responses of the rival managers spoke volumes about this most unpredictable of results in this most schizophrenic of Premier League seasons and the vastly different weight of expectations being placed upon the shoulders of Manuel Pellegrini and Slaven Bilic.

The Croatian was his usual animated and quotable self, and no small wonder given that West Ham’s away schedule to date has seen them visit Arsenal, Liverpool and now Manchester City with a return of nine points.

“Yeah, yeah. Of course I like it when we are winning,” beamed Bilic “Of course it is brilliant! It is like when you come to a pub that is full of women! You will like it! I don’t play the targets down, seriously. Nobody is saying we are going to finish fourth. What does targets mean? What are targets? ”