West Ham United vs Brentford LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction
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Brentford striker Ivan Toney scored one goal and made another as his side won 2-0 to hand West Ham a fifth straight Premier League defeat on Friday and leave the Londoners hovering just above the relegation zone as 2022 draws to a close.
West Ham midfielder Declan Rice shaved the outside of the far post with an early shot and was left to rue that miss when Toney reacted quickest to stab the ball home from close range following a long Brentford throw-in after 18 minutes.
Toney turned provider from another throw-in just before the break as he teed up Josh Dasilva to score, and the home fans expressed their frustration by booing loudly as the players left the field at halftime.
Jarrod Bowen thought he had won a penalty for West Ham early in the second half but, in a decision that summed up their night, a VAR review found that the contact with Ben Mee started just outside the box and a free kick was awarded instead.
West Ham tried hard but did little to threaten in the second half and Brentford’s only cause for concern came in stoppage time when Toney was taken off on a stretcher with a suspected knee injury.
The defeat leaves West Ham in 17th place just a point above the drop zone, while Brentford move up to ninth on 23 points.
West Ham United vs Brentford
The players are making their way out of the tunnel and onto the pitch! There will be a minute's applause prior to kick-off to honour the late Pele.
West Ham United vs Brentford
Brentford are winless in their last six Premier League London derbies, drawing four and losing two. However, 50% of their victories in such games have come against West Ham (2/4), including the most recent one in April last season.
West Ham United vs Brentford
Moyes makes three changes to his side that lost to Arsenal as Ogbonna, Emerson, and Scamacca replace Kehrer, Soucek and Antonio. Frank only makes one change to his starting 11 as Dasilva comes in for Janelt in midfield.
West Ham United vs Brentford
SUBS: Matthew Cox, Sergi Canos, Yoane Wissa, Saman Ghoddos, Pontus Jansson, Keane Lewis-Potter, Mikkel Damsgaard, Vitaly Janelt, Ryan Trevitt.
West Ham United vs Brentford
Brentford (3-5-2): David Raya; Zanka, Ethan Pinnock, Ben Mee; Mads Rasmussen, Mathias Jensen, Christian Norgaard, Josh Dasilva, Rico Henry; Ivan Toney, Bryan Mbeumo.
West Ham United vs Brentford
SUBS: Alphonse Areola, Ben Johnson, Pablo Fornals, Michail Antonio, Manuel Lanzini, Flynn Downes, Thilo Kehrer, Nayef Aguerd, Tomas Soucek.
West Ham United vs Brentford
West Ham (3-4-3): Lukasz Fabianski; Craig Dawson, Angelo Ogbonna, Aaron Cresswell; Vladimir Coufal, Declan Rice, Lucas Paqueta, Emerson; Jarrod Bowen, Gianluca Scamacca, Said Benrahma.
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