Four goals from Saido Berahino in a match that Albion was largely out played by their visiting opponents handed Tony Pulis a landslide victory in his first home game as manger since he took over from Alan Irvine at The Hawthorns.
Berahino drove his opening goal in the 42nd minute and dramatically, the roof fell on poor Gateshead. By the time the striker took his fourth in the dying seconds, the referee seemed mercifully anxious to halt the uneven contest.
Anichebe added a second on the stroke of half-time when he used his strength to hold off Ben Clark before he angled a low finish past Gateshead goalkeeper, Adam Bartlett.
A minute into the second half, Berahino confirmed why his name has been mentioned in connection with the Premier League’s top clubs with a spectacular second goal.
He curled past Bartlett from the edge of the area before he completed his treble when he swept home Chris Baird’s low cross on 53 minutes.
Brunt added a fifth when he got to the ball ahead of Bartlett, who had come scurrying off his line, and calmly stroked into an empty net and Morrison, the sixth, when he tapped in from close range.
Berahino rounded off the rout for the Baggies in injury time with his fourth of the contest when he effortlessly curled the ball past Bartlett into the top-right corner of the net.
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