London: Nigeria striker Brown Ideye maintained his resurgent form at West Bromwich Albion by scoring in either half in the team’s 4-0 win over West Ham in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday.
Ideye almost left West Brom in January, six months into a difficult first season, but stayed at the Hawthorns and has now netted for three straight games under recently hired manager Tony Pulis.
Ideye put West Brom ahead in the 20th by turning in Craig Dawson’s centre, and made it 3-0 with a 57th-minute header from Stephane Sessegnon’s cross.
James Morrison scored the second in the 42nd and Saido Berahino completed the rout in the 71st, just after Morgan Amalfitano was sent off for West Ham for pushing West Brom midfielder Chris Brunt in the face. Meanwhile, struggling Aston Villa have appointed former Tottenham Hotspur manager Tim Sherwood as their new boss until the end of the 2018 season, the Premier League club said.
Sherwood, 46, replaces Paul Lambert who was sacked by the Midlands club after they were beaten 2-0 against fellow strugglers Hull City on Tuesday, their fifth successive league defeat.
Goal-shy Villa, who have scored just 12 times in 25 Premier League games this season, are 18th in the table having won none of their previous 10 games.
“It is a great honour to manage one of the biggest clubs in English football. I can’t wait to get started and I’m really looking forward to the challenge,” Sherwood said in a statement on the club website (www.avfc.co.uk).
Tom Fox, Aston Villa chief executive said: “Randy and I are really pleased that Tim has decided to join the club.
“Tim had a fantastic career at Tottenham, not only in his brief spell as first-team manager but, just as importantly, in the role he played in developing young talent.
“We are determined to build a football operation with a long-term vision and a commitment to youth development.
“We strongly believe Tim has the qualities to get the best out of our current squad and help us build and develop for the future.” Villa, who have 13 games to preserve their record as an ever-present in the Premier League, host bottom-of-the-table Leicester City in the FA Cup on Sunday.
