Last Updated: October 22, 2023, 00:01 IST
LONDON:Brentford beat Burnley 3-0 in the Premier League on Saturday with two second-half stunners from Bryan Mbeumo and substitute Saman Ghoddos serving to the West Londoners to their first home win of the season.
Yoane Wissa scored the opener in the twenty fifth minute at the Community Stadium as the Bees ended a six recreation victory drought in all competitions towards opponents struggling to flee the drop zone and who ended the match with 10 males.
The 1-0 halftime scoreline flattered Vincent Kompany’s Burnley, who had England below-21 goalkeeper James Trafford to thank for retaining them in the recreation with a sequence of excellent saves.
Brentford might simply have been three targets up by the break, with returning Everton loanee Neal Maupay setting the tone from the second minute with a shot that went simply vast previous a diving Trafford.
Maupay had the ball in the again of the internet after eight minutes however the header was dominated offside and confirmed by VAR assessment, with some uncertainty over which participant was the offender.
Wissa then broke the impasse with a easy faucet-in from shut vary after a cross from Mbeumo, who doubled the tally in the 62nd minute with a robust curling shot from exterior the field into the high nook.
Ghoddos made it 3-0 on the half-volley in the 87th as the rain lashed down, after Burnley had Connor Roberts despatched off for a second yellow in the 78th for downing Wissa.
Maupay additionally had a number of possibilities to attain on his first begin since his return, his shot in the twenty eighth minute escaping below the ‘keeper and rolling tantalisingly towards goal before Dara O’Shea hurriedly cleared it away.
The Frenchman had one other probability tipped over the bar by Trafford in the forty third, with the goalkeeper additionally saving an earlier Mbeumo effort.
Burnley might have pulled one again by means of substitute Luca Koleosho in the second half however the departure of Roberts ended any hopes of a fightback.
The win was a welcome reward for Brentford supervisor Thomas Frank, who marked 5 years in the job earlier in the week, though he additionally collected a reserving for arguing with the fourth official.
“A very good performance and of course a well-deserved win,” stated the Dane. “The first half was maybe our best performance this season.”
Kompany informed reporters the efficiency was “overall not good enough.
“In the first half, going back in losing 1-0 was flattering to us. It could have been more. Then in the second half I thought we came out and did exactly what we should have done from the start,” he added.
“You can’t have 45 minutes like we did in the first half.”
Brentford at the moment are 14th with 10 factors whereas Burnley are 18th with 4 and just one win from 9 video games, the first time since 1888-89 that they’ve misplaced seven of their opening 9 matches in the high flight.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – Reuters)
