West Bromwich Albion continued their promotion push at the top of the Championship table with a resilient display over Hull City on Saturday afternoon.

The Baggies remain two points clear of both Preston North End and Leeds United as the international break takes centre stage for the third time this season.

When they return in a couple of weeks, manager Slaven Bilic will be without his integral midfield pairing of Romaine Sawyers and Jake Livermore as they both picked up their fifth bookings of the season, meaning they now face a one-game suspension.

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Meanwhile, Filip Krovinovic has emerged as a potential candidate to fill in for them in their absence after his cameo performance against Hull, at least according to some sections of the Hawthorns faithful.

One supporter said that the Croatian playmaker reminded him of Robert Koren, who played for the west Midlands club for just over three years a decade ago, while another compared him to Lionel Messi.

'Different gravy' and 'class' were two other words used to describe the 24-year-old while one more said that Krovinovic is an obvious replacement for the Sheffield Wednesday game as he is the best 'possession cycler' along with Sawyers.

Here's the best of the reaction: