Rondon heads Albion hat-trick

Salomon Rondon’s hat-trick of headers sent West Brom seventh in the Premier League as a 3-1 defeat at The Hawthorns kept Swansea in the bottom three.

Rondon’s forehead did the damage in the space of 13 second-half minutes to make it three home wins on the spin ahead of Manchester United’s visit at the weekend.

Swansea were tidy enough with the game goalless but failed to lay a meaningful glove on their hosts until Wayne Routledge’s late reply (78), and Bob Bradley will be concerned at the flimsiness of a defence which is shipping away goals at a rate of three a game under his management.

The American might look to the opposition dugout for an example of what can be built on the foundation of a firm rearguard, and in general Tony Pulis’ side coped admirably with the loss of two mainstays – the suspended Craig Dawson and injured Jonny Evans.

Allan Nyom, in particular, caught the eye as he was switched to right-back and dealt doggedly with Jefferson Montero’s fleet of foot, even finding …

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