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
Tete's cross is glanced on by Pereira, but Hickey is behind him to help it away. Reed is running onto the loose ball when Damsgaard caught him in the midriff with a high boot. It was just outside the box in the D, and it's a free-kick.
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OFF THE BAR! Another free-kick for Brentford through the middle and this time, Toney steps up. He lifts it over the wall and it's swerving through the air. Leno is beaten, but it hits the corner of the woodwork.
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Solomon's persistence pays off and he's able to nick it off Damsgaard and set Pereira away down the left again. He lifts another early cross in, but Brentford are equal to it again.
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Lukic cushions it into Pereira, but his cross is too high for Mitrovic at the far post. Willian pulls it back for Tete, who swings another deep cross in, but Raya plucks this one out of the air.
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Toney is barely being given any space by Reed, but he manages to dig out a pass, playing it over the top to Wissa. He was just caught on his heels though, and Leno rushes out to collect it.
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Fulham are starting to up the pressure now and Willian is starting to find more space down the right. He clips it into the near post this time, but Mitrovic peeled away to the far side, and Mee clears it again.
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