Brentford vs West Ham United LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Brentford 3-2 West Ham: Hosts come from behind as Hammers blow lead
Brentford claimed their third straight Premier League victory when they came from behind to beat West Ham United 3-2 in a thrilling London derby on Saturday.
Brentford’s Neal Maupay ended a 14-month goal drought when he opened the scoring in the 11th minute but the lead lasted just eight minutes before West Ham’s Mohammed Kudus scored a stunning volley with his back to goal.
Kudus saw another shot come off the post with Jarrod Bowen cleaning up to make it 2-1 following a long VAR check for handball but Brentford equalised in the second half when Konstantinos Mavropanos headed a cross into his own net.
The hosts were much the better team in the second half and took the lead for a second time when club record signing Nathan Collins scored with a towering header to clinch the points as Thomas Frank’s side moved up to ninth. West Ham are 11th.
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A long throw from Coufal is launched into the box, but the first touch is Brentford's, who subsequently clear. Janelt releases Mbeumo down the left as the Bees counter, but his cross is cut out by Aguerd and West Ham survive once more!
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Mbeumo has been involved in 11 goals in his last nine Premier League London derbies, scoring eight and assisting three. Since the start of last season only Bukayo Saka (13) has had a hand in more such goals than Mbeumo (11).
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Forward come the Bees on another counter-attack, with plenty of numbers in support of the carrying Mbeumo. His final ball is a poor one though, and the cut-back is intercepted and cleared by West Ham who set off on a break of their own!
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WIDE!!! Kudus comes short to receive a Coufal pass and lays the ball off to Fornals, whose first-time effort from the edge of the area rolls just inches to the wrong side of the post!
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A loose touch in his own defensive third from Onyeka allows Ward-Prowse to come away with possession, but his effort from the edge of the box is blocked away by Collins.
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A one-two between Fornals and Kudus on the edge of the box allows the latter to clip an aerial ball to the far post, but Bowen can't make anything of the cross and heads behind!
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We're into the last quarter of an hour, and despite Brentford being 3-2 up, this game is still on an absolute knife-edge. West Ham already hit back in superb fashion in the first half, and they'll need to do similar in the next few minutes here to salvage at least a point!
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