Slavan Bilic explains to reporters why he was late for his post match press conference after West Ham beat West Bromich Albion on Saturday and says Tony Pulis leaves you no option but to love him!

SOUNDBITE: (English) Slaven Bilic, West Ham manager (on arriving over an hour late for post-match news conference):

Q - Were you doing a lap of honour?

"No, no, no. Sorry guys. I was on my way to the press conference and then Tony (Pulis) stopped me. And basically he leaves you no option but to love him (laughter). No, no, no, me and Tony ... when I was at Turkey we had a few great conversations and I rate him extremely ... maybe the most in England. And we always have a great chat and we were talking about everything: training; new players, blah, blah, blah, games. Sorry."

Q - He is also quite tough, isn't he as well?

"No, he is brilliant, he is brilliant, he is brilliant. So I basically, I really ... I don't like him, I love him."