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.
Brentford vs Fulham
Fulham's first attack of the game is led by Tete, who drives forward down the right and clips a good cross into the middle. Mitrovic tracks back to nod it back to the near post, but Mee clears it ahead of Pereira.
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Fulham aren't able to quickly get the game back underway as there's a flare on the pitch that needs to be removed. When they do restart it, they gift the ball back to Brentford with only their second pass.
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LENO SAVES AGAIN! Brentford have made a lightning-quick start to this game! Damsgaard lifts it into Mbeumo, and he holds off Robinson long enough to fire a low shot across goal, but Leno keeps it out with his legs.
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GREAT CHANCE! It's a brilliant long ball over the top from Jensen deep in his own half, and he picks out Wissa's run off the back of Tete. He volleys it to the far post with his first touch, but Mbeumo fires wide from close range.
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GOOD SAVE! Norgaard steps in to get Damsgaard out of a tight spot and ends up picking out Toney. He drags it away from Lukic through the middle and tries his luck from range, with Raya having to get down quickly to push it away.
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