Harry Wilson once again helped Fulham come from behind to beat Brentford in Craven Cottage with the hosts’ 3-1 victory in setting up another victory of a week.
Wilson’s double-time double had secured victory in the same fixture last season, but he was only needed once this time he fired home Alex Iwobi’s fine slide gel pass to give the cabins a 2-1 lead.
For the third season in a row, Brentford had first beaten at Fulham, with a significant helping hand from 18-year-old Josh King, whose blind passport made the ball to Mikkel Damsgaard-esteem he still had to beat Bernd Leno with a smart finish.
Brentford’s defense of Fulham’s equalization ran that mistake close as Nathan Collins made a mess with clearing a deflected shot before Iwobi stepped in to hammer home the loose ball, 98 seconds before Wilson’s strike turned the game upside down.
None of the defensive coaches would have felt particularly happy to come full time, but there was still worse to come when Keith Andrews’ half -time speech went up in smoke five minutes after the reboot as Ethan Pinnock passed Caoimhin Kelleher to Fulham’s third.
“When your luck is out, it’s out,” said Sky Sports’ Rob Green. “He doesn’t have time to duck he doesn’t have time to get out of the way.”
Brentford continued to play their role, but endured a toothless night against their rivals, while the cabins thought they were out of sight at the hour when Rodrigo Muniz drove home a fourth, though he was denied was after leaving Collins with a bloody nose in the build.
That means a little when Fulham comfortably held to double their victory for seven days, with Brentford’s search for a first point on the road.
Iwobi: We worked to address Brentford’s danger of long -throwing
Fulhams Alex Iwobi to Sky Sports:
“We knew Brentford is very good at long throws, so we worked on a lot of long throws in training this week. We basically worked on the other balls and responded to them so we were able to resist it, which was the biggest threat today.
“You don’t know where it will land, so we worked literally all week on second balls, but credit to our defenders, they were able to go away the first balls and clear it from the penalty area.”
Analysis: Fulham hit their steps as bees wear on the way again
Sky Sports’ Ron Walker on Craven Cottage:
“After such a DOUR performance against Leeds last weekend, it was strange that Marco Silva chose not to use any of the replacement – let’s be honest, Kevin, who spurred for victory late in that game – to start against Brentford.
“Maybe that’s why he’s the Premier League head coach, because after a week’s time watching his side in the training ground, he had a right to keep the belief that they would find their energy and creativity again.
“He said this week that their ambitions would not be muted by a difficult transfer window where only Aston Villa uses less, but resources make a difference.
“This was a timely reminder of the talent that remains in Craven Cottage, and it is without their difficult new Brazilian or colleague newly arrived Samuel Chukwueze that was an unused replacement.
“Special credit to Josh King, who was unusually quiet in his last game and gave Brentfords open in this one, but continued to drive the hosts forward before he was withdrawn.
“But for the bees, for the second season in a row, their home and away are shape night and day. ‘Obviously, we have to tackle that’ Keith Andrews admitted – though he insisted, ‘I didn’t feel any of what came into the game, the players came in with a really good mindset.'”