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
BRENTFORD STARTING XI (4-3-3): David Raya; Aaron Hickey, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee, Rico Henry; Mikkel Damsgaard, Christian Norgaard, Mathias Jensen; Bryan Mbuemo, Ivan Toney, Yoane Wissa.
Brentford vs Fulham
Fulham have the chance to leapfrog Newcastle United and go back level on points with Liverpool with a win here today, as they look to keep pace with the European places. The Cottagers come into today on the back of booking their place in the FA Cup quarter-final after beating Leeds United 2-0 on Tuesday and are unbeaten in their last seven outings in all competitions (W4 D3). Brentford are also in good form though, and a victory for them would move them within a point of their opponents. They're on an 11-match unbeaten run in the Premier League (W5 D6), winning three of their five home games since the World Cup.
Brentford vs Fulham
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Brentford vs Fulham
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