Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
Brentford 1-4 Wolves: Hee-chan Hwang scored twice for the impressive visitors as Brentford’s slide down the table continued
Hwang Hee-chan scored twice as Brentford forgot how to defend and Wolves took full advantage with a 4-1 win in west London.
Hwang took his tally for the season to 11 as Wanderers followed up their Christmas Eve win over Chelsea by collecting another festive three points.
It was a first victory in the capital in 15 attempts for Wolves, their last coming in a 2-0 win at Tottenham in February last year.
But it was gifted to them by a Brentford side who could soon be looking nervously over their shoulders at the relegation battle after a fourth straight defeat and a sixth in seven matches.
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Brentford come down the left wing again as Maupay plays in Ghoddos on the overlap. He drives a great cross into the danger zone, but his team-mates are on their heels in the centre and Ait-Nouri can clear behind for a corner, which comes to nothing.
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Gomes attempted six tackles in the first half, twice as many as any other player on the pitch (Norgaard had three). He and Lemina have been so energetic in that Wolves engine room – but can they keep it up just three days on from their last match?
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
This is the first time Brentford have ever conceded three or more first-half goals at home in a Premier League game, and the first time Wolves have scored three before the break in an away match since January 2021, in a 3-3 draw with Brighton.
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Gomes concedes a deep free-kick as Brentford continue to press for a route back into the match. Ghoddos lines up the dead ball, but Sa can simply allow his overhit cross to sail behind.
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
CHANCE! Brentford threaten immediately as Maupay outmuscles Ait-Nouri to find Wissa in the right-hand channel. He drives in a cutback for Lewis-Potter, but he can't get enough power on his finish and it's straight at Sa!
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolves get the second half under way at the Gtech Community Stadium! Will the next 45 minutes live up to what we saw in the first half?
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
Substitution Yehor Yarmoliuk Mikkel Krogh Damsgaard
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The first three goals in this game came within a span of three minutes and three seconds, the shortest between three goals in a Premier League match since Bournemouth versus Watford in January 2019 (two minutes and 34 seconds between the 37th and 40th minutes). Will that chaotic spell end up deciding this contest, or can Brentford bounce back?
Brentford vs Wolverhampton Wanderers
The half-time whistle brings a breathless first period to an end in west London, with Wolves leading Brentford 3-1! The visitors started brightly and took the lead through in-form midfielder Lemina, who powered Sarabia's deep cross home with his head. Exactly eighty seconds later, Wolves had another as their former defender Collins saw a terrible back pass intercepted by Hwang, who beat Flekken before walking the ball in. Brentford got straight back into the contest within another two minutes as Wissa steered his finish into the top-left corner, but Wolves re-established their two-goal cushion shortly before the half-hour mark, with Pinnock's failure to get out playing Hwang onside, allowing the South Korean to slip a neat finish into the bottom-left corner, though there will be no hat-trick for him with a back injury later forcing his withdrawal. Both teams have been guilty of playing themselves into trouble at times, and there should be plenty more entertainment to come after the break!
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