World News – GB – Brentford 1-0 Norwich: Kenny McLean withdraws one

Posted: 21:36 GMT, October 27, 2020 | Updated: 00:16 GMT, October 28, 2020

For the fourth game in a row, Norwich have cited a late goal to secure potentially crucial points at the start of the season on the table

Daniel Farke’s team just aren’t giving up and Brentford has now joined Rotherham, Birmingham and Wycombe over the past 10 days to find out

Kenny McLean pulled one out for Norwich in the 87th minute to see the game end 1-1

They say you are making your own luck and that was certainly the case here as Kenny McLean’s low shot just outside the box devilishly deflected Mads Sorensen to completely wrong keeper David Raya and slipped home

Norwich’s late goals in their previous three games have earned them victories, but that point will be just as welcome against a Brentford side framed alongside them as contenders for promotion

The Bees were on their way to victory after Ivan Toney’s eighth goal in eight league appearances since his summer transfer from Peterborough United

Brentford’s replacement for Ollie Watkins continues to make the championship progress absolutely effortless and has shown his predatory instinct to hit Bryan Mbeumo’s cross But Norwich was worthy of their point of view at the end

He was assisted by Bryan Mbeumo to help Brentford take the lead in the first half of the game

Thomas Frank predicted that this pre-game match would look like a boxing fight with the two teams exchanging punches.Initially, his Brentford team used rope-on-drugs tactics to absorb the possession and pressure of Norwich

Emiliano Buendia spun Henrik Dalsgaard with embarrassing ease to receive Mario Vrancic’s pass and seemed certain to score as he stepped into Ethan Pinnock But somehow goalkeeper David Raya hit the tip the Argentinian’s point-blank shot, forcing him

Norwich dominated and lively Buendia stole the ball from Rico Henry before throwing Vrancic for a slightly wide swept left foot shot

But over time, Brentford bounced off the ropes and fought back intelligently, soon dealing a heavy blow

However, McLean scored a left-footed shot from outside the box in the lower left corner

Brentford (4-3-3): Raya; Dalsgaard (c), Pinnock, M Sorensen, Henry; Dasilva (Janelt 70), Jensen, Marcondes; Mbeumo, Toney (Forss 83), Ghoddos (Canos 59)

Norwich City (4-2-3-1): Krul; Aarons, Hanley (c), Gibson, J Sorensen; Rupp (Hugill 69), Skipp (McLean 69); Buendia, Vrancic, Cantwell (Placheta 46); Pukki

Their first goal snort came 23 minutes later, when a long throw from Sorensen bounced back to compatriot Dane Dalsgaard, whose acrobatic shot flew away

Four minutes later, however, and Brentford drove through an increasingly reliable source It was a typically smooth move that saw Ghoddos slide Mbeumo into the clear inside the Norwich box. p>

Mbeumo’s electric pace edged Jacob Sorensen and his sparkling cross was perfect for Toney to score his eighth goal in eight league games since arriving this summer

Suddenly Brentford was striking from all directions Mathias Jensen hit a wide shot after Josh Dasilva’s cross was hit by Mbeumo before Emiliano Marcondes pushed back the lead from Henry’s delivery

Toney more often than not doubles with his goals and it took an extraordinary goalkeeper from Tim Krul to thwart him near half-time

Toney soared up to meet Mathias Jensen’s cross and seemed to have enough loop to find the bottom corner until Krul, diving sharply to his right, stretched enough to touch him Mbeumo turned the rebound into side net

But there was a reminder of the danger from Norwich just before the halftime whistle when Grant Hanley left despite being well placed on Buendia’s free kick

Brentford was the fastest in his stride after the break with loud but unsuccessful calls for a penalty when Marcondes was brought in by Buendia

A second at Brentford could well have been a knockout and Krul blocked Dalsgaard’s point blank shot after Toney brilliantly managed to knock the ball over

As the form hinted at, Norwich had a late rally in them Buendia swung into another teasing delivery as the clock spun down as Jordan Hugill glanced wide Norwich a started making late goals his specialty and that would continue in the dying embers of the match

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