Premier League LIVE: Reaction and analysis on Liverpool’s defeat and season so far

Ciaran Kelly
BBC Sport reporter at Gtech Community Stadium

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Newcastle’s players will have been well-briefed about Brentford’s threat from long throws, as well as keeping a very close eye on Igor Thiago.

But this battling Brentford side are a force on home soil, having already defeated champions Liverpool, Manchester United and Aston Villa this season, with Manchester City the only team to win at the Gtech so far.

There was no undue panic from Brentford when they went behind and, crucially, the the hosts did not let brittle Newcastle settle into the game after the break – instead going at them from the restart.

Brentford manager Keith Andrews aimed to “imprint our gameplan on them to make it the type of game we need it to be” – and that’s exactly what his side did.

They bullied Newcastle’s giants from Michael Kayode’s long throw in the build-up to Schade’s leveller. They did not get frustrated after Dango Ouattara’s previous penalty appeal was waved away. And, in Thiago, they have a striker capable of stepping up in the big moments as he did late on with his eighth and ninth goals of the season – all but one of them in the league.

By the time Thiago made it 3-1, Brentford fans felt assured enough to ask their former forward Yoane Wissa, who pushed for a move to Newcastle, what the score was.

This was another memorable home victory to add to a growing list.