Dango Ouattara’s late strike earned Brentford an exciting 3-2 win over Newcastle at St James’ Park.
The summer time signing struck a winner for the Bees for the second successive recreation to earn all three factors shortly after Bruno Guimaraes had introduced the hosts degree from the penalty spot.
Brentford had come from behind to steer within the first half due to targets from a Vitaly Janelt header and Igor Thiago penalty after Sven Botman had given the Magpies the lead.
The victory lifts Keith Andrews’ facet into seventh within the Premier League as European qualification stays an actual risk, with Newcastle at risk of shedding floor in that specific race as they continue to be twelfth.
Bees come from behind to steer at break
Brentford have been left aggrieved contained in the opening two minutes when a robust penalty attraction was turned down. Keane Lewis-Potter raced onto a flick-on and went to floor underneath strain from Kieran Trippier, however neither the referee nor VAR deemed the contact sufficient to award a spot-kick.
The guests began sharply and brought on Newcastle issues early, forcing the hosts onto the again foot with direct operating and fast switches of play. Newcastle step by step steadied, although Brentford continued to look harmful in transition.
Newcastle took the lead on 24 minutes from a nook. After the primary supply was cleared, Guimaraes swung the ball again into the hazard space and Botman climbed above his marker to move down and into the web.
Brentford responded effectively and may have been degree quickly after, just for Vitaly Janelt to clear Yoane Wissa’s close-range effort off the road throughout a frantic goalmouth scramble.
The equaliser arrived on 37 minutes and it was deserved. Dango Ouattara drove down the left and delivered an excellent early cross, which Janelt met with a agency header previous Nick Pope.
Brentford completed the half on the entrance foot, profitable free-kicks in superior areas and forcing Newcastle into hurried defending, with the sport finely balanced at 1–1 heading in the direction of the interval.
But it surely obtained even higher for the Bees earlier than half-time after they offered with a golden likelihood to go forward from the penalty spot when a Mathias Jensen shot struck the arm of Jacob Murphy.
Up stepped star striker Thiago, who coolly stroked the spot-kick into the left-hand nook after sending Pope the unsuitable approach for his seventeenth Premier League purpose of the season.
Newcastle had their very own penalty attraction waved away early within the second half when a Trippier cross deflected off Rico Henry’s midriff earlier than Harvey Barnes couldn’t get a free header on track after some good work from substitute Anthony Elanga on the right-hand facet.
Malick Thiaw pressured a superb save from Caoimhin Kelleher as he drove ahead let fly from distance for a shot which appeared to be heading for the highest nook however the Brentford stopper tipped it away.
Botman then obtained one other likelihood from a header to seize his second however this time he couldn’t maintain it on track.
A failed Brentford nook allowed Newcastle to interrupt swiftly upfield, with the ball ultimately discovering Elanga on the left-hand facet whose ball throughout couldn’t be reached, with a VAR examine ultimately deeming that Guimaraes was introduced down by Michael Kayode as he reached for the ball and a penalty was given.
The returning skipper was the person to take it and he made no mistake to convey the sport degree with a assured penalty.
Simply when it appeared just like the Magpies have been going to go on and win the sport, Ouattara struck a dagger by means of the hosts hearts when he raced onto Jensen’s ball excessive and fired previous Pope with lower than 5 minutes to play in what proved to be the winner on Tyneside.
Thiaw was unable to show a late effort in for the hosts earlier than Outtara was denied his second by Pope however it didn’t cease Brentford claiming their fourth win from 5 Premier League video games on the highway.
