Kevin Schade seals win for Brentford in six-goal thriller against Newcastle | Premier League

The game is about as wild as the fans have played in the end with Brentford claiming their seventh win in eight unbeaten home games and in the process throwing off Newcastle’s hex hold over them: a last-gasp win here, on the last day. last season, the visitors became the 25th and last of Brentford Supreme League from his adversaries to beat him.

Brentford twice took the lead and lost it, but when they went ahead in the third they proved a stronger hand, and in the last minute they made the game safe. Substitute Kevin Schade was found by Bryan Mbeumo just outside the area; the first touch cleared him of the defense, and the second sent the ball past Nick Pope.

In the first half, Brentford led twice and were pinned in short order, holding the advantage for three minutes in the first attempt and in the second. Decorated with a viciously cold wind and occasional showers, this was never seen as an occasion for a demonstration of government, and certainly neither party suggested making one. A pell-mell vessel, but never less than entertaining, set the tone when Sean Longstaff, returning to the Newcastle side in place of Sandro Tonali, thundered a drive against the crossbar in the second minute.

Under certain circumstances, errors are to be expected: It was asked how far they should be punished. He took half of the two, each one, but one. Nathan Collins was guilty of the first when he failed to deal with a long ball from the Novi Camp defense and lost it to Alexander Isak, who ran from the right infield, danced past Mark Flekken, but then the chance was so fortuitous that he thought how to avoid the ball one defender standing on the goalline , to catch Holland in the back, throw out his hand and push the ball away from him.

10 minutes later Harvey Barnes, under a little pressure, sidefooted a 20 Paulino pass to Yoane Wissa, halfway inside the Newcastle half, who turned and ran with it to the visitors’ penalty. Neither Fabian Schär nor Dan Burn continued to commit to closing in on the 18-yard line, which he shot into the bottom corner. Fortunately for Barnes, Brentford’s defense was similarly snoozy when Jacob Murphy found him back in the penalty area on 32 minutes, and he had time to control, turn and fire a low shot across goal and inside the long-post to finish for the team. The second exchange proposed.

Brentford had taken their first lead in just the eighth minute when Christian Nørgaard, after leading his side after missing out on the midweek defeat at Aston Villa, blasted Mbeumon’s beautiful cross to the right. His control was sweet, Lewis Hall scoring at the heart of the half-hour, and the Cameronian dribbled almost motionless into the heart of the Newcastle penalty area before finding the corner of the net. Three minutes later Isak on the edge of the six-yard line bent over to meet Murphy’s left-footed cross from the right and the teams were level again.

Eleven minutes into the second half the home side retook the lead, Collins’ beautifully composed finish incongruously crowning a classic threat-building day. Flekken’s free-kick from a well inside his own half expires, Igor Thiago’s defense is unbeaten from the top, and no one touches the ball prostrate to Collin, whose light side-footed curler sends it wide of the post.

As Newcastle, chasing a third equalizer, brought on Tonal, Kieran Trippier, who had recently recovered from illness, and Anthony Gordon, who had been in their first team for more than nine months but did not start, were all involved. in the best case to accommodate the draw. Trippier’s free kick was halved by Gordon, whose pass found Isak on the right. Sweden’s cross is picked up by Tonali, who heads over the bar from eight yards.

But Brentford was still more threatened, and at last Newcastle exploded. Two minutes into stoppage time the home side almost scored a fifth, but Dan Burn cleared the line after Pope had lingered on the ball, well outside his penalty, and Mbeumo had robbed him.