West Brom boss Tony Pulis says Chelsea are worthy champions

West Brom manager Tony Pulis hailed Chelsea as "worthy champions" after Albion's 3-0 victory at home to the Blues on Monday night.

Saido Berahino scored twice at The Hawthorns and Chris Brunt added a third, while the visitors had Cesc Fabregas sent off for kicking the ball at Brunt.

The win for Pulis' men ended a 16-game unbeaten run in the Premier League for Chelsea, but the Baggies boss says there can be no question over their title credentials.

"For all we've done tonight, they've been worthy champions," he told Monday Night Football.

"A fantastic football club, they have some wonderful players. For people to criticise them, it's just unbelievable.

"They've been by a country mile the best team in England this year."

The win means West Brom will finish at least 13th in the table, capping a remarkable turnaround after Pulis took over in January with the club just a point above the relegation zone.

West Brom have now gone five unbeaten in the league, and Pulis hailed his players' character in what looked like a tough run-in for his side.

"If you look at the games we were going to finish on, the last five games, they looked so difficult and we were so on edge after we got beaten at home by QPR and Leicester," he added.

"But the lads have bounced back and the performances they've put in against the bigger clubs have been wonderful.

"We had our breaks again tonight. We played well at times, defended well, kept a really good shape and the discipline was really good when we didn't have the ball. We made it difficult for Chelsea and looked dangerous when we broke."

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