West Ham United lost against Crystal Palace in the Premier League last weekend.
Antonio was responsible for West Ham conceding a late equaliser against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park in the Premier League last weekend.
The 27-year-old winger gave the ball away with seconds to go, allowing Palace to break and score. The match ended in a 2-2 draw and left the West Ham fans bitterly disappointed.
West Ham manager Bilic has revealed that he has spoken to Antonio about the role he played in the Hammers’ draw with Palace.
Bilic has also claimed that the former Sheffield Wednesday and Nottingham Forest winger is the best in the West Ham team at keeping the ball.
“When I spoke to him this week he said he knew there were only seconds to go and he knew he just had to keep the ball because he had been doing it for about 10 minutes before that,” Bilic wrote in The London Evening Standard.
“What complicated it a little was that the Palace defender had tried to foul him but Michail had got away from him, so didn’t have an opponent close to him, as he would have expected.
“He is the best in our team at keeping the ball because he is such a physical specimen but he saw several of our players in the box and decided to try to find one of them.”
Meanwhile, West Ham vice-chairman Karen Brady has praised Huddersfield Town manager David Wagner.
Wagner guided Huddersfield from the Championship to the Premier League at the end of last season.
The Terriers are doing quite well in the English top flight at the moment.
“Terriers owner Dean Hoyle dipped his fingers into the German football pie and plucked out 46-year-old former US international Wagner from Borussia Dortmund II,” Brady wrote in The Sun.
“It looks to be an act of genius. Eighteen months later and anyone who thought they would be softer than Yorkshire pudding can forget gravy and think about eating their own words.”
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