Nottingham Forest were stunned as a late Brentford fightback denied them precious points in their fight for Premier League survival.
Brazilian midfielder Danilo marked his 22nd birthday by putting Forest ahead just before half-time, reacting quickest to steer home Morgan Gibbs-White’s shot which deflected into his path.
Brentford had plenty of the ball but created few clear chances until Ivan Toney’s free-kick went in off Forest keeper Keylor Navas.
With Forest hanging on and only 10 men on the pitch after Danilo went off injured, substitute Josh Dasilva scored the winner which was only confirmed after a long VAR check.
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Brentford
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Squad number1Player nameRaya
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Squad number2Player nameHickey
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Squad number5Player namePinnock
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Squad number16Player nameMee
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Squad number3Player nameHenry
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Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard
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Squad number27Player nameJanet
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Squad number8Player nameJensen
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Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
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Squad number17Player nameToney
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Squad number9Player nameInjury
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Squad number10Player nameDasilva
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Squad number11Player nameHe warned
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Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
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Squad number15Player nameLook
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Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Nottingham Forest
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Squad number12Player nameNavas
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Squad number4Player nameWorrall
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Squad number38Player nameFelipe
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Squad number19Player nameNiakhate
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Squad number24Player nameAurier
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Squad number5Player nameMangala
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Squad number28Player nameDanilo
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Squad number32Player nameRenan Lodi
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Squad number20Player nameJohnson
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Squad number10Player nameGibbs-White
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Squad number9Player nameAwoniyi
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Squad number21Player nameKouyate
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Squad number22Player nameYates
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Squad number34Player nameAyew
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 4-3-3
- 1Raya
- 2Hickey
- 5Pinnock
- 16Mee
- 3HenryBooked at 29minsSubstituted forHe warnedat 60′minutes
- 24DamsgaardSubstituted forDasilvaat 60′minutes
- 27JanetSubstituted forLookat 71′minutes
- 8JensenSubstituted forBaptisteat 71′minutes
- 19Mbeumo
- 17Toney
- 9InjurySubstituted forGhoddosat 77′minutes
Substitutes
- 10Dasilva
- 11He warned
- 13M Jorgensen
- 14Ghoddos
- 15Look
- 26Baptiste
- 30Roerslev
- 33Stevens
- 34Cox
Nottm Forest
Formation 3-4-2-1
- 12Navas
- 4Worrall
- 38FelipeBooked at 34mins
- 19Niakhate
- 24Aurier
- 5MangalaSubstituted forYatesat 81′minutes
- 28DaniloSubstituted forat 90′minutes
- 32Lodi
- 20JohnsonSubstituted forKouyateat 66′minutes
- 10Gibbs-White
- 9AwoniyiSubstituted forAyewat 54′minutesBooked at 56mins
Substitutes
- 11Lingard
- 13Hennessey
- 15Toffolo
- 16Surridge
- 21Kouyate
- 22Yates
- 23Freuler
- 25Dennis
- 34Ayew
- Referee:
- Peter Bankes
- Attendance:
- 17,080
Live Text
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Match ends, Brentford 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
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Second Half ends, Brentford 2, Nottingham Forest 1.
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Frank Onyeka (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
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Foul by Aaron Hickey (Brentford).
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André Ayew (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick on the left wing.
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Goal! Brentford 2, Nottingham Forest 1. Josh Dasilva (Brentford) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Frank Onyeka.
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Attempt missed. Aaron Hickey (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Josh Dasilva.
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Danilo went off injured after Nottingham Forest had used all subs.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Danilo (Nottingham Forest).
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Attempt saved. Frank Onyeka (Brentford) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Saman Ghoddos.
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Delay over. They are ready to continue.
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Delay in match because of an injury Danilo (Nottingham Forest).
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Foul by Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford).
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Moussa Niakhaté (Nottingham Forest) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Shandon Baptiste (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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Foul by Ryan Yates (Nottingham Forest).
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Goal! Brentford 1, Nottingham Forest 1. Ivan Toney (Brentford) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
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Substitution, Nottingham Forest. Ryan Yates replaces Orel Mangala.
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