{"id":428590,"date":"2023-03-06T17:39:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=428590"},"modified":"2023-03-06T17:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T22:43:31","slug":"brentford-defeat-fulham-in-five-goal-thriller","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/brentford-defeat-fulham-in-five-goal-thriller\/","title":{"rendered":"Brentford defeat Fulham in five-goal thriller"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford edge out west London rivals in\u00a0 hard-fought 3-2 win on Monday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">West London Is Ours <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/P0ijEkofQA\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/P0ijEkofQA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Brentford FC (@BrentfordFC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentfordFC\/status\/1632864451060719622?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 6, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Ivan Toney turned out to be the star player once again, as he netted home a vital penalty early in the second half (his 22 out of 22 attempts).<\/p>\n<p>Despite the dark cloud looming over him, concerning him <span data-reactid=\".osrkxbp06o.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-3.0\">breaking Football Association betting rules<\/span>, Toney didn&#8217;t seem one bit affected as he delivered an inspirational performance to help his team close the gap to the top 6.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas Frank made a lightning start and after only 6 minutes they were ahead in the scoring as Ethan Pinnock deflected shot found the back of the net.<\/p>\n<p>Fulham\/&#8221;&gt;Fulham, however, fought back and in the closing stages managed to draw the score level with <span data-reactid=\".osrkxbp06o.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-5.0\">Israel forward Manor Solomon continued heading in the rebound after Andreas Pereira&#8217;s free-kick struck the post. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>In the opening stages of the second half Brentford\/&#8221;&gt;Brentford stepped on the gas, w<span data-reactid=\".osrkxbp06o.0.0.0.1.$paragraph-6.0\">ith both Bryan Mbeumo and Toney hitting the woodwork with free-kicks, before being awarded a penalty in the 53th minute when Issa Diop fouled Christian Norgaard. Up stepped Toney and with a clinical finish placed the ball beyond Bernd Leno reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Five minutes before full-time Matahias Jansen sealed the victory for the Bees, Carlos Vinicious also put his name on the scoresheet with a consolation goal for Fulham\/&#8221;&gt;Fulham deep into stoppage time.<\/p>\n<p>Brentford\/&#8221;&gt;Brentford travel to Liverpool\/&#8221;&gt;Liverpool on Saturday for their game against Everton\/&#8221;&gt;Everton. Fulham\/&#8221;&gt;Fulham host league leaders Arsenal\/&#8221;&gt;Arsenal on Sunday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brentford edge out west London rivals in\u00a0 hard-fought 3-2 win on Monday night. 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