West Bromwich Albion suffered their first defeat of the season, being beaten 3-1 by Brighton and Hove Albion.
Salomon Rondon
West Brom fans have taken to Twitter in the wake of the Baggies’ defeat to Brighton, and have generally criticised Salomon Rondon’s display as well as Tony Pulis’ decision to select him.
The Baggies went into the game at the Amex Stadium still unbeaten in the Premier League this season, having won two and drawn one of their opening three top flight games.
And it appeared that they may well be in with a very good chance of bagging a positive result as they came up against a Brighton side that had picked up just one point since their promotion, failing to score a single goal along the way.
However, a brace from Pascal Gross and another from Tomer Hemed meant that James Morrison’s goal 13 minutes from time was nothing more than a consolation for the visitors.
While none of the West Brom players really covered themselves in glory against the Seagulls, Rondon appeared to come in for plenty of criticism on social media.
The Venezuelan has scored once in the league since his hat-trick against Swansea back in December, and his performance gave little indication that he was about to open his league account for the season.
But there was also a bit of sympathy for the 27-year-old given that he has been away on international duty, and thus, some feel that Pulis should have realised that he would look tired if he started the game, and the blame for his display should perhaps lie at the manager’s door.
Here is the best of the reaction…
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