West Ham owners and board set to meet TODAY to discuss Slaven Bilic’s future

Hammers boss set to face the axe after watching his side suffer a 3-0 battering at home to Brighton on Friday night

West Ham currently sit 17th in the Premier League after nine games - and could slip into the relegation places this weekend.

Bilic has long been the bookies' favourite for the chop this term as his under-performing Hammers slide perilously towards the drop zone.

Now it appears the club's board have run out of patience and could sack the Croatian, 49, by the end of the day.

West Ham have won just two of their nine games in the Premier League this season, losing a further five.

Brighton thumped West Ham 3-0 on Friday to land Slaven Bilic in hot water

Following the Hammers' humbling at the hands of newly-promoted Brighton at the London Stadium on Friday, Bilic's odds of being axed were dramatically slashed

Following the game, Bilic said: "I don’t know [if I’ll be given time] all that I can say is that I am the manager of the team and I take full responsibility.

EPL : Bournemouth 3-2 West Ham United | 2x penalti gagal tp menang jua akhirnya

King and Benik Afobe both missed penalties but the Cherries still manage to emerge with a much-needed victory

Bournemouth missed two penalties against the Hammers, with Darren Randolph saving the second

Cherries' hat-trick hero King: "We've been struggling in 2017 so to get 3 points after last week's performance is just brilliant"

FULL-TIME Bournemouth 3-2 West Ham. Josh King's first #PL hat-trick gives the Cherries thrilling win despite 2 missed penalties #BOUWHU

The Cherries can have no complaints about referee Bobby Madley's performance (Photo: REUTERS)

First win in nine for Bournemouth

This crazy match had a final twist in the last minute of normal time when sub Jack Wilshere's shot was saved by Randolph's legs – and King drilled home the rebound.

West Ham boss Slaven Bilic was disappointed to concede a late counter attack goal in their defeat at Bournemouth

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Ozil celebrates after putting Arsenal ahead with their first shot on target

Another weekend, another brilliant show from Alexis Sanchez
He was on fire for @Arsenal in #WHUARS…

Very proud of all the boys today, what a performance! Some Great goals as well @MesutOzil1088 @Alex_OxChambo @Alexis_Sanchez #COYG - Peter Mertesacker

Oxlade-Chamberlain: "We need to keep winning, if people don’t expect us to be challenging for the title, then it’s a bit disrespectful"

We returned to our free-flowing best in the Premier League with a 5-1 win against West Ham United at London Stadium on Saturday.

Alexis may steal the headlines with his hat-trick and assist, but there were a number of other Gunners who also impressed.

Francis Coquelin was solid in shielding the back four, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scored another Premier League goal and Mesut Ozil was also in fine creative form 

Winston Reid’s glum look sums up the feeling as the Hammers’ are on the wrong end of a hammering. Photograph: John Sibley/Reuters

Slaven Bilic has apologised for today's defeat by @Arsenal.

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Jermain Defoe struck with a minute to play as Sunderland mounted an incredible comeback to claim a 2-2 draw against Liverpool

Sunderland manager Sam Allardyce: "You think your day is over when you are 0-2 down at Anfield. But we fought back with two quality goals and got a point by not giving up.

 

Wanyama was shown a red card in the 54th minute for cutting down Payet.

West Ham manager Slaven Bilic: "You can lose a game but when you lose a game like this, we are gutted.

"I would like to congratulate Southampton, they fought and they were very good in defending the box so they deserve it.

"It was one of those defeats that is really hard to take and it was down to - I said this to the guys in the dressing room at half-time - the first 15 minutes. We basically gave them a couple of corners unnecessarily, they were better on the second balls, they were better in the first 15 minutes.

"We started better in the second half and then when they were with 10 men we were dominating and all that but we didn't create enough. Our crosses were quite poor or they defended really well."