Bilic says West Ham needed brilliance from midfielder against Swansea

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic has said that his club needed the brilliance that was provided by Cheikhou Kouyate as the midfielder netted the only goal of the match in a much needed 1-0 win over Swansea on Saturday.

The Senegal international fired home a long range effort during the final minute of the first half to help the Hammers to their first win after a poor run of five consecutive defeats.

Following the victory, Bilic said, “We created a couple of chances before that you might have expected us to score. Then they had a good spell by slowing our rhythm with throw ins around our box and a couple of corners and free kicks.

“And then we needed that type of magic and touch of class and quality and Cheikhou scored a brilliant goal. It was a good time of course to go in at half-time with a good result and a good plan for the second half. So it was crucial.”

The win will come as a welcome relief to Bilic as speculation had developed over the past week indicating that the club were looking to part ways with him due to their poor run of form.

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