Brentford had a penalty overturned by a prolonged Video Assistant Referee (VAR) examine because the Bees pursued a fourth straight house win on the expense of Leeds United within the Premier League on Sunday.
Igor Thiago had scored from the spot in every of Brentford’s earlier three house video games and the striker appeared set to have an opportunity to proceed that run when Gabriel Gudmundsson was adjudged to have dragged down Dango Ouattara, who was then dominated offside in a choice introduced on-pitch by referee John Brooks following a three-minute delay.
“It didn’t look as if there was a lot in it,” former Scotland worldwide Pat Nevin advised BBC Sport, including {that a} penalty would have been “robust” on Leeds.
“That’s the softest of sentimental ones. Should you contact a participant in any respect, they fall down. It’s millimetres – it’s simply a few inches of his head that was offside.”
Ouattara, who arrived for a club-record £42 million from Bournemouth in August, has been awarded 4 penalties this season.
Brentford workforce vs Leeds
Brentford made 4 modifications, introducing Aaron Hickey, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen and Keane Lewis-Potter for Kristoffer Ajer, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Mikkel Damsgaard and the suspended Kevin Schade.
On-loan Arsenal winger Reiss Nelson was out with a knock, as have been midfielders Fabio Carvalho, Josh Dasilva and Antoni Milambo with knee accidents.
Keith Andrews’ facet had misplaced every of their final two video games 2-0 at Tottenham and Arsenal however have been on a run of straight house victories in opposition to Burnley, Newcastle and Liverpool.
Brentford beginning XI: Caoimhin Kelleher, Michael Kayode, Nathan Collins, Sepp van den Berg, Aaron Hickey, Dango Ouattara, Jordan Henderson, Mathias Jensen, Vitaly Janelt, Keane Lewis-Potter, Igor Thiago
Brentford substitutes: Hakon Valdimarsson, Rico Henry, Ethan Pinnock, Frank Onyeka, Yehor Yarmoliuk, Kristoffer Ajer, Mikkel Damsgaard, Myles Peart-Harris, Romelle Donovan
Leeds workforce vs Brentford
Midfielder Sean Longstaff (calf) and ahead Lukas Nmecha (each hamstring) have been out injured for Leeds, whereas winger Dan James was anticipated to be absent till at the least February with a hamstring concern.
Supervisor Daniel Farke made one change, bringing in Ao Tanaka – scorer of their 96th-minute equaliser of their 3-3 draw at house to Liverpool eight days earlier – for Ilia Gruev.
Leeds had rallied of their bid to maneuver away from the relegation zone following a run of six defeats in seven video games, beating Chelsea 3-1 at house earlier than incomes a last-gasp 3-3 draw in opposition to Liverpool at Elland Highway on December 6.
Leeds United beginning XI: Lucas Perri, Joe Rodon, Jaka Bijol, Pascal Struijk, Jayden Bogle, Ao Tanaka, Ethan Ampadu, Anton Stach, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Dominic Calvert-Lewin, Noah Okafor
Leeds substitutes: Karl Darlow, Joel Piroe, Brenden Aaronson, Jack Harrison, Sebastiaan Bornauw, James Justin, Sam Byram, Wilfried Gnonto, Ilia Gruev
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Premier League outcomes and fixtures this weekend
Arsenal beat Wolves 2-1 at house on Saturday courtesy of Yerson Mosquera’s 94th-minute personal objective, successful after Chelsea earned their first victory in 4 video games in all competitions with a 2-0 house defeat of Everton.
Mohamed Salah got here off the bench as reigning champions Liverpool beat Brighton & Hove Albion 2-0, and Fulham ended a two-match shedding run with victory at Burnley.
All fixtures begin at 14:00 GMT until said in any other case.
Saturday, December 13
Chelsea 2-0 Everton
Liverpool 2-0 Brighton
Burnley 2-3 Fulham
Arsenal 2-1 Wolves
Sunday, December 14
Nottingham Forest 3-0 Tottenham
Sunderland 1-0 Newcastle
West Ham 2-3 Aston Villa
Brentford vs Leeds United (16:30)
Monday, December 15
Manchester United vs Bournemouth (20:00)
