EPL week 4 review: Bilic birthday gift; De Boer no more

Premier League Week 4 action ends with an in depth look at Huddersfield’s visit to the capital to face West Ham and the first managerial casualty of the season.  

Last night, Slaven Bilic celebrated his 49th birthday with a victory over Huddersfield. West Ham Chairmen David Sullivan and David Gold allowed him to keep his job as a birthday gift.

The Terriers visit to the London Stadium was terra incognita, but it didn’t show. The former Championship side controlled the football for the majority of the 90-minutes as West Ham continued to look nothing like the Champions League chasing side of two-years ago.

Both these sides are going to need huge slices of luck this season. West Ham, if they are going to get out of their current mess, and Huddersfield, if they are going to avoid relegation, and it was the Hammers turn to find it in the 72nd minute after Pedro Obiang’s speculative shot struck Mathias Jorgensen and looped over the skull of Jonas Lossl.