It was another great afternoon at Gtech Community Stadium on Sunday.
So-called “relegation favourites” Brentford have now deservedly beaten Champions League sides Liverpool and Newcastle, Europa League team Aston Villa and arguably the biggest club in the country Manchester United at home.
We’ve also drawn with world champions Chelsea there.
After a sluggish first half, which was not much better than the previous week’s display at Crystal Palace, in the second period the intensity was back as we took the game to the Magpies.
We showed we are about more than just long throws as we caused them plenty of problems, forcing Dan Burn into rash tackles which earned him a red card.
Igor Thiago once again grabbed the headlines with his double. He did brilliantly to ignore the fuss during a seven-minute wait to take his penalty to coolly give us the lead.
If only he’d been allowed to take the penalty at Sunderland in August, we could be even higher up the table.
However, despite all this he still was not my Bees man of the match.
That once again was Michael Kayode. Newcastle were the latest team who could not cope with his rampaging runs or his throws.
But these things are all a bonus on top of his primary job of defending. Kayode is not often beaten by wingers but when he is, his powers of making a recovery tackle are excellent.
He times all his tackles brilliantly, makes great blocks and clearances and has extraordinary energy levels – shown particularly by the amount of times he crosses from wing to wing to take throws.
Sunday’s win means that we have exactly the same record after 11 games as we did last season – five wins, one draw and five defeats with a zero goal difference.
It is also the first time this season we have gone into the international break on the back of a win.
Happy days!
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