London, Jul 23 (IANS): West Bromwich Albion manager Slaven Bilic has said getting promotion back to the Premier League was very exhausting and he would rate this achievement right up there in his career.

West Bromwich Albion had to beat Queen's Park Rangers to get back into the top flight of English football. As it turned out, a 2-2 draw on Wednesday was enough as Brentford were beaten at home by Barnsley.

"(Promotion) is at the top (of my achievements). You don't know how exhausting it was this season. You can't imagine how proud and happy I am," Bilic was quoted as saying by BBC Sport.

"I managed my country for six years and I said no matter which club I manage nothing will compare when you are manager of your national team. I can't say it's the same but I feel as proud as I felt then.

"We've got work to do but I haven't thought about it because of this crazy situation. We did a bit of work during the lockdown. Now, not today, not tomorrow or the day after and we'll see next week," he added.

QPR boss Mark Warburton said: "Watching West Brom celebrate on the pitch, it's going to burn into your soul. I want that.

"The players have been asked and challenged every game, it's a very high level.

"It was important we came here and showed the appropriate level of commitment. The players deserve a lot of credit.

"We're happy, teams have come here and if you're not careful you can get badly hurt. The players have worked hard on the training ground and got the result they deserve to."