Brilliant Bees win at Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest 1 Brentford 3
Brentford overtook Nottingham Forest and moved to ninth in the Championship table with a resounding win at the City Ground.
Goals from Jon Toral and Andre Gray put the visitors in control at the break, with Alex Pritchard putting the result beyond doubt with an early second-half penalty.
Brentford looked the more composed side throughout the match with Michael Antonio’s thunderous effort from distance coming too late to help an out-of-sort Reds side that have now gone 10 games without a win.
In a lacklustre opening quarter-hour Brentford failed to turn patient build-up play into anything meaningful.
But with their first chance on goal, on-loan Arsenal midfielder Toral punished Forest for their inability to clear danger in the box as he fired the ball into the roof of the net on 17 minutes.
David Button tipped a fierce Danny Fox long-range strike over the bar before Gray made it 2-0 after racing onto a weak backpass from substitute Eric Lichaj.
Button protected the visitors’ half-time lead by palming a powerful Michael Mancienne header over the bar, while Jonathan Douglas flashed a great chance wide and Gray was denied by Karl Darlow at the other end.
Pritchard eventually made it three from the penalty spot after Gray was chopped down by Kelvin Wilson as he burst into the box.
Fox then threatened to respond with an effort from distance and Button did well to save a dangerous Henri Lansbury free-kick either side of another menacing attacking raid from Gray.
The striker beat Wilson and Mancienne, but Darlow did enough to turn his shot around the post.
Antonio pulled a goal back for the Reds on 82 minutes, cutting inside before beating Button with ferocious shot from outside the area.
Brentford (4-1-4-1): Button; Odubajo (Dallas 64), Dean, Craig, Bidwell; Douglas; Toral (Jota 59), Diagouraga, Judge, Pritchard; Gray (Proschwitz 74).
Subs not used: Saunders, Bonham, Smith, Tarkowski.
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