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Mar 16, 2024 · Burnley breathed life into their survival hopes with a 2-1 win over Brentford, who had Sergio Reguilon sent off after just nine minutes.
- March 16, 2024
Burnley earned their first win of the year and their first in 11 matches thanks to a Jacob Bruun Larsen penalty and great finish from in-form forward David Datro Fofana with a 2-1 victory over 10-man Brentford.
- Overview
- Bees take sting out of 'strange' VAR call
- Frank: I'll celebrate anniversary win with a 'glass of red and tapas'
- Kompany: We weren't good enough
- Opta stats: Bees record their joint-most shots in a PL game
Brentford overcame a controversial VAR decision to beat Burnley 3-0 and earn their first home win of the season with Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos scoring stunning goals after Yoane Wissa's opener.
Brentford thought they had taken an eighth-minute lead when Neal Maupay finished off Nathan Collins' pull back from a free-kick only for the goal to be disallowed for offside.
The decision went to VAR but, despite Collins clearly being onside the goal was ruled out because Kristoffer Ajer, who was in an offside position but a few yards away from Collins, was deemed to be interfering with play. The decision was labelled "strange" by former Premier League referee Mike Dean on Soccer Saturday.
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•Neal Maupay was handed his first Brentford start since re-joining the club. The Everton loanee was one of three changes as goalkeeper Mark Flekken returned after recovering from appendicitis and Frank Onyeka came in. •Burnley made three changes from the home loss to Chelsea as Connor Roberts and Dara O'Shea returned to the defence, while Zeki Amdouni was brought into the attack.
Image: Thomas Frank has been in charge of Brentford since October 2018
Frank admitted his five-year anniversary celebration meal will taste a lot better after the 3-0 win.
The Dane, who took charge of the Bees in October 2018, said in his post-match press conference: "I'm just privileged and happy to have been here almost seven years and five years as head coach.
"It's definitely better to celebrate with a win. I will be having a good glass of red and a bit of tapas, I think."
He added: "It was very good performance, a completely well-deserved win.
"The first half was maybe our best performance this season. We should have probably been 3-0 up - that's the only negative.
Image: Vincent Kompany's Burnley are sitting in the relegation zone
Burnley boss Vincent Kompany admitted their performance was below par in his post-match press conference:
He said: "Simple. Overall, not good enough.
"In the first half, losing 1-0 was flattering to us. In the second half, I thought we came out and looked like we should have done in the first half.
•Brentford had 23 shots against Burnley, 10 of which were on target, their joint-most in a Premier League game (also 10 v West Ham in May).
•Brentford have won consecutive matches in all competitions against Burnley for the first time since December 1996, while it's the first time they've ever done so without conceding (also 2-0 in the previous win).
•Burnley have lost seven of their opening nine matches (W1 D1) in a top-flight league campaign for the first time since 1888-89 (W2 L7).
•Bryan Mbeumo both scored and assisted in the Premier League for the third time at the Gtech Community Stadium, as often as all other Brentford players combined in the competition (Mathias Jensen, Ivan Toney and Mads Roerslev all once).
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Mar 16, 2024 · Burnley have lost just one of their last 11 home league games against Brentford (W6 D4), beating the Bees 3-1 in their only previous Premier League meeting at Turf Moor in October 2021.
