Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Ivan Toney and Mathias Jensen fired Brentford up to eighth in the Premier League as Bournemouth’s collapse continued.
Toney’s first-half penalty and Jensen’s late strike earned a 2-0 win and inflicted a sixth straight defeat since the World Cup on the freefalling Cherries, all since Gary O’Neil was made their permanent manager.
It was a third consecutive Premier League win for the hosts and made it seven games unbeaten, a run which includes victories over Liverpool and Manchester City.
Thomas Frank’s enterprising side are now ahead of Liverpool, while only defeats for West Ham and Everton kept Bournemouth out of the relegation zone.
Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth
That's all from a jubilant Brentford Community Stadium today, so thank you for joining us and goodbye!
Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth
While Bournemouth will host a crucial clash with in-form Nottingham Forest next weekend, fearless Brentford visit Leeds with ambitions of a European challenge growing ever stronger.
Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth
Taking full advantage of their opponents' meek surrender, Brentford claim a clinical win and extend their unbeaten streak in the Premier League to its seventh game. Rarely threatened by a lacklustre Bournemouth side, the Bees were not at their best but still struck through Toney's fifth goal in four matches and Jensen's emphatic finish late on. They move above Liverpool, into eighth place, while their visitors are just one point above the drop zone following a fifth consecutive away defeat.
Brentford vs AFC Bournemouth
Billing loses the ball again, allowing Brentford to attempt another counter-attack, but the Bees are no longer committing men forward in numbers and the move peters out.
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