FROM GTECH COMMUNITY STADIUM – Newcastle returned to 3rd place within the Premier League standings after coming from behind to beat Brentford.
Eddie Howe’s males have been far inferior to Thomas Frank’s in a testing first-half however displayed nice resilience to earn an enormous win within the race for a top-four place.
The Bees at the moment are with no win in 4 video games and their hopes of qualifying for Europe are fading shortly.
Brentford went near taking the lead after simply two minutes. Ivan Toney’s neat give-and-go with Pontus Jansson fooled the Newcastle defence, who needed to retreat to clear the England striker’s cross-cum-shot off the road.
The hosts did not have to attend to seek out the again of the web. Mathias Jensen’s cross was headed down by Ethan Pinnock and palmed away by Nick Pope, with Toney following within the rebound. Nevertheless, after a VAR test, he was judged to have been marginally offside and the objective was chalked off.
Bees skipper Jansson was subsequent to check his luck, heading a tasty cross from Rico Henry onto the highest of Pope’s internet. That was the Swede’s final main motion earlier than being pressured off with harm.
The strain ultimately informed when Brentford have been awarded a penalty halfway by way of the primary half, Kevin Schade managed to skip away from Fabian Schar and was clattered by Sven Botman within the space.
However for the primary time in his Bees profession, Toney noticed his spot kick saved, with Pope denying him from 12 yards.
Brentford wished one other penalty when Henry fell beneath a problem from Alexander Isak following a nook, and after two minutes of checking, VAR instructed Chris Kavanagh to evaluate the incident, with a spot kick being given.
Toney made no mistake this time and picked out the highest nook to present the hosts a well-deserved lead.
Howe opted to make two adjustments on the break in hope of adjusting Newcastle’s fortunes and regarded extra threatening from the whistle. Bruno Guimaraes broke free from midfield and set Dan Burn racing into the field, and although he was denied by an amazing restoration problem from Aaron Hickey, the offside flag had been raised.
Newcastle discovered a leveller inside ten minutes of the restart. Joelinton drifted previous Ben Mee after he dedicated to a pointless sliding problem, superior by way of the field and fired throughout objective, with the ball deflecting over the road off of David Raya’s leg.
The guests have been buoyed by the equaliser and shortly discovered themselves forward. Callum Wilson minimize the ball again for Isak on the sting of the field and he stroked it into the roof of the web.
Raya needed to shortly get down low to disclaim Isak from an analogous distance quickly after as Newcastle regarded to place the sport out of sight.
From the ensuing nook, Wilson slid the ball in on the close to publish, however VAR dominated the strike out for handball when the striker tried to carry it down.
On the different finish, Schade was once more felled by Botman, however this time the sort out was deemed authorized and the Dutchman acquired away with a careless however respectable passage of play.
Pope produced an amazing stretching save low to his left to disclaim Zanka from a Brentford free-kick, whereas Frank made 4 late attacking adjustments to attempt to flip the tide.
Wilson fired broad on the counter in stoppage time as Newcastle managed to fend off Brentford’s fightback and go away the capital with the factors.
GK: David Raya – 5/10 – Made some first rate saved however ought to have finished higher with the equaliser which modified the sport.
CB: Pontus Jansson – N/A – Hauled off after quarter-hour by way of harm.
CB: Ethan Pinnock – 5/10 – A weapon in assault however put to work by Wilson and Isak.
CB: Ben Mee – 4/10 – Gifted Joelinton the path to objective for Newcastle’s first of the afternoon.
RM: Aaron Hickey – 6/10 – After a testing couple of video games, Hickey put in a efficiency stuffed with aggression and impetus.
CM: Josh Dasilva – 5/10 – May hardly hold the ball and let his frustrations identified.
CM: Christian Norgaard – 6/10 – Loved some high-level duels with Guimaraes when competing for possession.
CM: Mathias Jensen – 5/10 – A quieter day for one of many Bees’ most essential and potent creators.
LM: Rico Henry – 6/10 – Clamped down Newcastle’s proper wingers however wanted extra assist in silencing Trippier.
CF: Kevin Schade – 7/10 – Made good of a uncommon begin, galloping previous Newcastle defenders along with his extraordinary tempo and trickery.
CF: Ivan Toney – 7/10 – One objective scored, one objective disallowed, one penalty missed. Quieter within the second half however was simply the protagonist of the primary.
Substitutes
CB: Zanka (15′ for Jansson) – 5/10 – Appeared leggy as the sport wore on, significantly when Newcastle began going by way of the gears.
Bryan Mbeumo (74′ for Hickey) – 5/10
Shandon Baptiste (74′ for Dasilva) – 5/10
Yoane Wissa (81′ for Norgaard) – N/A
Vitaly Janelt (81′ for Mee) – N/A
Supervisor
Thomas Frank – 6/10 – Brentford swarmed Newcastle within the first half however could not discover a method to reply to the Magpies’ onslaught after the break.
GK: Nick Pope – 8/10 – Saved a penalty from Toney and stored loads of different photographs out.
RB: Kieran Trippier – 8/10 – Constantly opened up Brentford along with his very good vary of passing and crossing.
CB: Fabian Schar – 5/10 – On skates somewhat within the first half however was extra assured after the break.
CB: Sven Botman – 4/10 – Threw himself everywhere and it noticed his facet concede a penalty.
LB: Dan Burn – 6/10 – Did not look overly troubled.
CM: Bruno Guimaraes – 8/10 – Sliced by way of Brentford like a knife in sizzling butter.
CM: Sean Longstaff – 5/10 – Made some darting runs past the final line however was sacrificed for one more attacker on the break.
CM: Joe Willock – 6/10 – Appeared way more comfy and was concerned extra when coming in from the left in a 4-4-2 after the interval.
RW: Jacob Murphy – 5/10 – Did not provide loads of assist to Trippier and was hooked on the break.
CF: Alexander Isak – 8/10 – Conceded a penalty, scored a worldie. Proved a internet optimistic to his crew ultimately.
LW: Joelinton – 7/10 – Like Willock benefitted from a positional change at half-time, igniting Newcastle’s comeback.
Substitutes
Callum Wilson (46′ for Longstaff) – 8/10 – His partnership with Isak proved too troublesome for Brentford.
Anthony Gordon (46′ for Murphy) – 5/10 – Discovered it tough to make an affect. Hooked in stoppage time and was sad about it.
Jamaal Lascelles (87′ for Isak) – N/A
Elliot Anderson (87′ for Willock) – N/A
Matt Ritchie (90′ for Gordon) – N/A
Supervisor
Eddie Howe – 7/10 – Newcastle wanted an enormous response after half-time and boy did they supply one.