Brentford Fight From Behind To Win Watford 2-1

Brentford left it late to beat Watford in the Premier League, scoring twice in the final ten minutes to secure a 2-1 win.

The Bees had much of the ball on Friday night though found it hard to break their resilient visitors down but eventually made their superiority count.

After grabbing his maiden Premier League goal last week, Shandon Baptiste nearly notched in his second of the season after two minutes, with Daniel Bachmann acrobatically tipping over his effort.

Brentford continued to have the better of the opening exchanges, with Bryan Mbeumo next to force Bachmann into a top save, cutting inside William Troost-Ekong and aiming for the top corner.

At the other end, Josh King struck the post following a quick counterattack, and Emmanuel Dennis headed home from the resulting corner as Brentford conceded from a set-piece for a third successive game.

The Nigeria international was denied a penalty on the half-hour mark when he was felled by Charlie Goode, with replays suggesting the Brentford defender brought him down in the box illegally.

Keko Femenia had to be alert to block Yoane Wissa’s advances deep into the Watford box on the break before Goode headed just over from a corner.

Brentford continued to apply the pressure after the interval, with Rico Henry being denied by a Kiko Femenia block.

Bachmann and Alvaro Fernandez both had to get down low to keep the scores as they were, while Frank Onyeka’s goal-bound strike was headed behind by Jeremy Ngakia.

And Brentford found their equaliser with under ten minutes remaining after Pontus Jansson headed in from a cross helped on by Marcus Forss – which was allowed after a lengthy VAR check.

Substitute Joao Pedro had to clear off the line from a corner as Brentford looked for a winner, and the Bees were awarded a stoppage-time penalty when Troost-Ekong tripped Saman Ghoddos.

In the absence of regular penalty taker Ivan Toney, Mbeumo stepped up to do the honours and sent Bachmann the wrong way to seal the win at the death.

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