Chelsea vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result and final score after Bryan Mbeumo exposes Robert Sanchez
Ethan Pinnock and Bryan Mbeumo scored goals to confirm a third successive win for the Bees at Stamford Bridge
Brentford snatched a 2-0 win away at Chelsea on Saturday thanks to a header by defender Ethan Pinnock and a last-minute breakaway goal by Bryan Mbeumo as the expensively assembled Blues failed to turn possession into goals once again.
Pinnock, undetected by Chelsea's defence, connected powerfully with an Mbeumo cross in the 58th minute, stunning the hosts who had spent much of the game buzzing around the Bees' penalty area but without creating many clear chances.
As the Blues poured forward in the 96th minute in search of a late equalizer, goalkeeper Robert Sanchez ventured up for a corner only to be caught out when the visitors broke away and Mbeumo scored into an empty net.
Chelsea have now won only one of their last 13 home league games, a dismal run stretching back into last season when they fired managers Thomas Tuchel and then Graham Potter.
The hosts started the west London derby on the front foot and winger Noni Madueke almost broke the deadlock in the first half when his curling shot hit the crossbar with 10 minutes on the clock.
But Brentford soaked up everything Chelsea could throw at them with centre forward Nicolas Jackson, back in the starting 11 after an injury, unable to provide much of a threat.
Brentford leap-frogged their neighbours into 10th spot, while Chelsea dropped to 11th ahead of the rest of the weekend's fixtures.
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Colwill's block from an Mbeumo cross gives Brentford their first corner of the game, but the delivery is easily nodded down and dealt with by the hosts.
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Janelt's pass forward is deflected into the path of Mbeumo, who crosses towards the far post. Hickey's following in and has space to shoot, but his attempt to chest the ball down sends it over the line and behind!
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CHANCE!!! Madueke's cut-back from the byline is met late by Cucurella arriving in the centre, but he can't strike the ball cleanly and it loops straight into Flekken's gloves!
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WIDE!!! Another golden chance for the Blues! Cucurella's floated cross into the box is met by Ajer, but his flicked header only falls to Madueke. Unmarked at the far post, the winger fires goalwards, but blasts the ball past the wrong side of the right-hand post!
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After Madueke's surging run into the box is thwarted by Hickey, Chelsea look to the left side, but Gallagher's cross-field ball to Sterling can't be kept in the field of play by the England winger!
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CHANCE!!! Disasi fires a low ball at pace to the feet of Jackson, but the striker can't quite connect before the pass is dived upon by Flekken for the Bees!
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Sterling spots the run of Caicedo and dinks the ball towards the back post, but it's far too close to Flekken and the Brentford goalkeeper collects.
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Chelsea win a second successive corner on the opposite side, but Gallagher's attempt to play the ball short to Palmer is easily read and dealt with by Mbeumo.
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Sterling darts around the outside of Roerslev and drills a low cross into the box, but Pinnock steps in to put the ball behind for the game's very first corner!
Chelsea vs Brentford
Brentford are unbeaten in their last 12 Premier League London derbies, winning six, which is their longest run without defeat against London sides in history. Away from home they’ve won their last three such games, never winning four in a row on the road before.
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