Brentford 4-2 Newcastle: Thomas Frank’s side keep unbeaten home record intact with thrilling victory

Brentford kept their unbeaten home record in the Premier League intact with yet another thrilling win at the Gtech Community Stadium, beating Newcastle 4-2 on Saturday.

Games this season at the Gtech Community Stadium averaged five goals a game coming into this contest. There’s something in the air in west London as the goals flowed again on a stormy afternoon in the capital.

In the eighth minute, Christian Norgaard’s drilled pass was plucked out of the air by Bryan Mbeumo, who cut inside Lewis Hall before dancing his way into the box and dispatching a left-footed shot past Nick Pope and into the top corner.

In a frantic start to the game, the lead lasted just three minutes and 17 seconds. Jacob Murphy ghosted into the penalty area and his shot across goal fell for Alexander Isak, who finished smartly to bring the visitors level.

After Isak was denied a second by a brilliant Mark Flekken recovery, Brentford then regained the lead as Yoane Wissa pounced on Harvey Barnes’ loose pass before curling the ball beyond Pope and into the back of the net.

However, it was the Newcastle fans celebrating again minutes later. Three minutes and 32 seconds later, to be precise, as Brentford failed to hold on to their lead once again. Barnes capitalised on some poor defending to atone for his error, striking a low shot past Flekken and into the bottom corner.

There had been five or more goals in each of the previous four league games at the Gtech Community Stadium and this game was going to follow suit. Flekken’s long free kick forward evaded everyone but Nathan Collins, who showed great composure to restore Brentford’s lead again.

And this time the hosts held on to their lead before extending it in the 90th minute through substitute Kevin Schade to secure a big win – a fourth straight league victory at home. The three points sees Thomas Frank’s side move up to sixth in the table as their exciting season continues.

Meanwhile, Newcastle are now without a win in four games as they failed to build on Wednesday’s impressive point against leaders Liverpool. Eddie Howe’s side sit in a disappointing 12th in the league after a fifth loss of the campaign.

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Guimaraes: ‘We became a mess’

Newcastle captain Bruno Guimaraes:

“Very disappointing. In the first half we had some very good moments, but after the third goal we lost our way, we lost control.

“We have always been reactive, we need to concede a goal to score. We never score first, we concede a lot of goals, this cannot happen. We have to find a way to be consistent.

“We had to change in the first half to get into the game. But after we conceded the third we became a mess, we gave the ball away a lot and we were punished. I want to thank the fans for coming in not good weather, now we have a week to try and recover and beat Leicester at home.

“We have to turn things around. Last season we had one of the best defences in the league, now we concede a lot. This is about the whole team, we have to find a way not to concede.”

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