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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Wissa is away through the middle, and Lukic stretches out a leg to tup him and stop the run in the centre circle. The Brentford players are asking for him to be shown a second yellow card, but he gets away with it.
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Lukic has a cut to the face and once he's patched up, he's back on his feet to carry on.
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Lukic gets to the ball just ahead of Toney, who tries to jump out of the way, but ends up accidentally catching him on the face. The midfielder stays down in need of treatment.
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Another long throw-in goes into the box for Brentford and Pinnock is up to get his head on it. His effort is deflected wide, but they can't make anything of the corner.
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Brentford are straight on the attack from the restart as they look to regain their lead. They win another free-kick, though this one is further out, and Damsgaard can't pick out a team-mate with his floated cross.
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