Brentford vs Fulham LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Brentford fuelled their ambition of playing European football with a 3-2 home victory over fellow hopefuls Fulham to extend their unbeaten run in the Premier League to 12 games on Monday.
Ivan Toney’s second-half penalty and a late effort by Mathias Jensen sealed the points for ninth-placed Brentford against their west London rivals to edge them closer to the European qualification places.
Toney, who is facing FA charges and a possible ban after alleged breaches of gambling rules, coolly slotted his kick past Fulham keeper Bernd Leno in the 53rd minute after a clumsy foul by Issa Diop on Christian Norgaard.
Jensen then tapped in from a tight angle after a superb run and cut back by Kevin Schade in the 85th minute to kill of a below-par Fulham whose four-game unbeaten run came to an end.
Brentford had taken an early lead with a deflected shot by Ethan Pinnock but Fulham hit back shortly before halftime when Manor Solomon scored for the fourth successive league match.
Fulham’s Carlos Vinicius did grab a stoppage-time consolation with almost the last kick but Thomas Frank’s Brentford side are now unbeaten in the Premier League since October and have 38 points from 24 games, one point behind seventh-placed Fulham and four behind fifth-placed Liverpool.
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Solomon brushes past Hickey on the left before pulling it back to Mitrovic. He drags it past Pinnock with a neat bit of footwork before unselfishly trying to play it back to Solomon, who wasn't on the same wavelength.
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It's better from Fulham here as Solomon makes a slaloming run through the middle before switching it out to Willian. There are three in the middle to aim for, but he hits his cross straight against Rico.
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Pinnock's opening goal (5:37) is Brentford's fastest-ever goal in the Premier League.
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OFF THE POST! It's Mbeumo who steps up to take the free-kick, and he whips it over the wall towards the near post. Leno is static on his line and can only watch as it clips the outside of the woodwork on its way past.
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Jensen stays down in need of treatment after being caught by Reed. He's quickly patched up and is able to carry on as Brentford set up their free-kick just outside the D.
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Fulham can't cope with the pace that Brentford have set so far, and their frustration is already getting the better of them. It takes three of them to crowd Jensen off the ball, and he takes a wayward hand to the face in the process.
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Mitrovic's loose touch gifts it back to Brentford and they break forward quickly on another attack. Hickey goes long for Mbeumo to chase down the right again, but there's too much on this one and it runs straight out of play.
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