Brentford snatch a late winner to heap more misery on Newcastle

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0:37Welcome to the Sky Sports Premier League podcast. We were back at St James' Park to watch Newcastle take on Brentford on Saturday Night Football. This is how we saw things at full time.

1:03Another outstanding away day for Brentford. Their fourth Premier League win on the road in five matches away from home. And Dango Watara earning them their first win at this ground in more than 90 years. It's only their second win here ever and their second league double over Newcastle, who are absolutely devastated. Gimmarais thought he might have earned Newcastle at least a point with a goal from the penalty spot on his return to the team. But Thiago had struck for Brentford with a penalty. Vitaly Janelt had struck for them with a header. And after a good start for Newcastle when Sven Bottmann scored from a corner, it all went wrong they are shaking their heads at the end of a desperate week which has seen them lose emphatically at Anfield see them go out of the Carabao Cup and now seen them lose another match at home as it finishes here Newcastle 2 Brentford 3 boos around St James' Park at full time but there certainly will be celebrations though for Brentford because it's a huge win for Keith Andrews side it's the most points ever for Brentford after 25 Premier League games and this is just their second ever win at Newcastle.

2:40Izzy we spoke about it at the start of the show about Brentford dreaming of European places and this is proving exactly why they could have that dream. Yeah absolutely I mean I think the belief in this side it's there it's it's clear for everyone to see that Brentford go to big stadiums to big sides like Newcastle and they believe they can win and that's exactly what they've done tonight they deserve that I thought for minute one to minute 99 I thought those Brentford players the thing that stood out to me the most was the work the hard work that they put in and if you listen to any interview that Keith Andrews has done this season I can guarantee he's alluded to hard work at some point during that interview and that team run their absolute socks off for him and you can see they're getting their awards they're in a good place and they've just beaten a champions league team in newcastle united who have got some top top tier players in their side and it's a massive win for the manager you can see how happy that the brentford players are and rightly so but as it was a brilliant game of football though the game wasn't it did brentford deserve to win this yeah i think as he said from from the start they they just looked relaxed they looked composed they they didn't allow newcastle to get into any stride um they looked very very comfortable out there.

3:47Newcastle huffed and puffed but I thought defensively, Brentford were fantastic and credit to Keith and his coaching staff because I think they set out to stifle Newcastle they did it and got the result in the end of it because they didn't just defend they went out and attacked as well and got the goals What about Newcastle then? Because you heard the reaction from the fans at full time clearly not happy they were desperate for a result here they thought they might have got away with a point but then of course Brentford getting that winner Yeah, and when they got the second goal, when they got the penalty and got the second goal, I felt if there was a side that was going to go on to win it, it kind of looked like Newcastle.

4:24They were in ascendancy. Eddie made some positive from changes at half-time. And then during the game, Asula came on and caused a threat. But, you know, as I said, the goalkeeper didn't have, you know, the Brentford goalkeeper didn't have too much to do. It was probably one save from Tiao. And that was it. You know, Newcastle's front line really struggled today to have any impact in the game. Okay, so big victory then for Brentford at St. James' Park against Newcastle. Plenty of other fixtures and other results happening over the weekend. Of course, Friday night football saw Leeds beating Nottingham Forest 3-1.

4:59Earlier on today as well, Manchester United 2-0 winners against Tottenham Hotspur. Of course, Arsenal 3-0 against Sunderland. A big win for them right at the top of the table as well. Burnley against West Ham, that was a huge game in the fight against relegation as well. West Ham winning 2-0 in that game. now three points away from safety. And Chelsea with a hat-trick from Colpalma to secure all three points in that one.

5:27So having a look at the top of the table, Brentford currently in seventh. They certainly can stop dreaming about those European places as well. Arsenal currently with a very big gap at the top of the table as well. Manchester United securing that fourth spot so far. But Villa and City joint points, 47 points before. City play tomorrow.

5:49The bottom half of the table then, Newcastle stay in the bottom half in 12, 33 points at the moment but then in the relegation you can see West Ham, Burnley and Wolves but West Ham just three points away from Nottingham Forest and they will be hoping that they can keep that fight going.

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8:44welcome back to the sky sports premier league podcast let's get back to the studio for more reaction to today's game

8:56Nice. Benz in another one! And Sven Botman just got the touch. Swerves it in, and it's an equaliser. As Brentford show their character again. It is a penalty.

9:18Thiago strokes it in so coolly. Ilanga drives one in. ...the final decision, it's better to kick.

9:31Gimurais marks his return. Opening here for Watara to strike and he's got it through Nick Pope and put Brentford back in front. Well a hugely entertaining game tonight at St. James' Park. You can see that from the match stats as well. Brentford securing just their second ever win at St. James' Park. Plenty of shots, not that many on target, but of course the ones that mattered will count towards Brentford. Three huge points for them tonight.

10:04And the celebrations at full time for the Brentford players. Big hugs as well from the manager and the players. Certainly enjoying that. Let's hear them from one of the goalscorers tonight, Vitaly Janelt and Jordan Henderson. They're both with Luke Shanley.

10:20Gentlemen, very well done. Jordan, just how satisfying a win was that today? Very. We knew it was a big game for us. I'm not sure, I can't remember the last time we won here. 1934, a long time. So it was a big game for us to come here and try and put on a performance and get three points and I thought the boys were outstanding again. Given the grit and determination you showed last week, what does it say about the way you won it today? Same. I think from the whole game, dug in at times, conceded early with a set-piece, which I was a little bit disappointed with. But I thought the reaction from the boys was top class, going half-time 2-1.

11:00And then we knew coming out second half it would be difficult. Send James apart in the atmosphere and they were a top team. So I thought the lads dug in really well and deservedly got the three points in the end. Does that say a lot about the mentality of this team and the way it's building throughout the season? Yeah, I think throughout the season we've grew as a team. We've grew in confidence. The work rate that goes on behind the scenes during the week and preparation for these games is huge, really. I think all we do is take what we do in training into a game and you get your rewards for that.

11:35And again, today we've got the three points, so we're delighted with it. Dali, the way the manager tried to tweak it in the second half, you got the note to try and get that across to the team. The way it was going in that second half, did you feel it was maybe you were starting to lose control or was it a case of trying to regain that control? Yeah, I think as George said, sometimes you have to dig in, especially when they come out flying second half. I think we did a great job first half, I think, to come back after 1-0 at this ground. I think it's very difficult. We showed personality, we did very well.

12:04And then obviously, as we knew, they come out flying and we lost a bit of control. But I think it was an open game after the 2-2. I think we had a lot of chance to kill the game but at the end obviously you know how it is legs tired and then just to get it over the line First goal in over a year, special? Yeah, first goal this season I can't remember, maybe I scored last season one goal Yeah, not used to it It was a great cross as well in terms of Dango, that cross and obviously scoring the winner just how good is he to play with and how special is he? Yeah, he's a special player I think he shows his quality especially left foot, right foot you don't really know if he goes left or right to be honest I think it was a corner from my side before it was very bad and I was very angry I should go back in my position I said you know what let me stay up and a brilliant course from Dango Well he is the player of the match can I trust you to hand over the award please?

12:57Of course I can Thank you very much Thank you, well done You didn't give it? Did he get the award? No chance Who decides that? I thought he was going to say it's about time he got one it's about time he got one But he doesn't know that. Come on, you've got to give him the time. Come on. Wow. Jordan Anderson, not quite keen on the play of the match, given by Alan Smith. Dango Taro got it, by the way. I'm sure he'll be very happy with that. There's so much to go through. So let's start with it, because 95 seconds into the game, Brentford felt that they deserved a penalty. What did you think? I've seen it from here, and he goes into the box.

13:35Trippier does grab his shirt, but he comes off his knee, and I don't think he gets to the second ball. But as I said earlier on, if you're the home team, I think you might get this. And so, you know, Brentford would feel very disappointed that they didn't. But the way he goes down with both his hands, perhaps the referee decides from here, you see the ball go away from him and then he goes down. But yeah, they'd be disappointed they didn't get a penalty. It was a big decision as well, Izzy, because had that been given as a penalty, it would have been a red card for Trippier as well. Yeah, and I think it set a precedent.

14:04You know, the start of the game, Newcastle, I think, throughout the whole game by their standards they were off it today and I think that opening 90 seconds where that penalty should have been given I thought it epitomised the way that Newcastle then proceeded in the game and then but then against the run of play they got the goal the opening goal Sven Botman just highlight here the way that Brentford defends only you know packed out inside the six yard box you can see here there's the back four in terms of like the the zonal markers and then the man-to-man markers and I think the key one here is Rico Henry on Sven Botman who ends up scoring the goal there's a massive height mismatch 5 '9 Rico Henry 6 '4 Sven Botman and you can just see here it packed the front area Sven Botman's got a leap on it but I'm just wondering whether Jordan Henderson here he gets a little bit isolated at the back the hindsight's a wonderful thing but I'm just wondering a step back from Jordan Henderson in this very moment could have possibly prevented that goal from Brentford's perspective that's the second goal they've conceded off a corner all season the first one was the opening game of the season so they're obviously doing something right but on that occasion I thought Newcastle they got off to a flyer they did and then they get the equaliser Brentford a brilliant header but it was also a really good cross wasn't it and here it is this ball coming in he just gets his head up and puts the ball in and the end I've just got to get his head on the end of it he said he shouldn't even have been there but he was and I'm sure he's glad he was because he gets a great header but I think the cross makes the header just got to get your head on it and it beats Pope and that's them 1-1 and then like I said it was it weren't against the runner play it was well deserved by Brentford at this stage all right so Brentford managing to get the equaliser then there was a controversial moment in the game here because Brentford got a penalty through this handball from Murphy what did you make of the situation Izzy?

15:51Well again a tar at the heart of it for Brentford you know the the creative side of it but it's what happens here in terms of the penalty decision is given Jensen arrives onto the box I personally think I don't know if we can roll it back to just when Utara lays it off to Jensen he should have hit hit it first time Jensen if we can just have a look it's coming it's coming in this moment is it coming is it coming here we go okay no anyway basically the way that Murphy then attracts himself to the ball he has to get in line with the ball to block it he has to and in that way you have to move your body and you need your arms to move your body you You know, you're moving laterally.

16:28You have to get across. We've discussed it, haven't we, Les, a lot. I agree with the fact that the arm has stopped the ball going in the back of the net. You can clearly see the ball's going to go in. Yeah. But is that an unnatural position? And that's the massive debate. Yeah. Personally, played the game. Is it a handball offense? Played the game. I don't think there's anything Jacob Murphy can do there with his arm. He's got it down. Yes, there's probably sort of a move of the arm towards the ball. but for me that is a natural position because of the movement that Murphy executes to get himself in line with the ball.

17:00And I think from the point he was making you just saw it there Jensen just takes the ball to his left so Murphy has to move to his left and as he moves his arm moves with him but he's bringing his arm in here and to say yeah I agree with Izzy yeah the arm stops the ball from going in the back of the net but I don't think it was an unnatural movement. It's bringing up a similar situation that happened a couple of weeks ago in this game between Chelsea and Crystal Palace. Kambo, with the handball there, eventually was given as a handball by VAR. KMI looked at it afterwards, they reviewed it, and they thought it shouldn't have been a penalty.

17:36I totally agree, it shouldn't have been a penalty, because I don't know what he does there. It's not like he stuck his arm out. He's right near his body. Yes, it hits his arm, but there's nothing he can do. Unless, as we spoke about earlier on, unless you're putting your hands behind your back... how much of a difference is this Izzy when you look at what happened in that game Crystal Palace Chelsea to then looking at what happened today hindsight says there's nothing different between the two incidents you look at the review and the result of what KMI said after the Chelsea Palace game that came out and said it shouldn't have been given, this is exactly the same for me I think that emergency state of defending inside the box, when you're moving your body small steps, you know you're in a low position, yes it was brilliantly dispatched yeah of course but we're going to go back to the decision and look at it and go was it an unnatural position in my opinion it's not an unnatural position I thought it was very harsh on Newcastle does the does the hand stop the ball going in the back of that yes it does but I don't think that should have been a penalty in hindsight so Igor Thiago as you saw there scoring the penalty but then the drama didn't stop there did it Les because we go into the second half and this is what happens yeah and we you know we thought Osula made the wrong decision here but then as the ball goes across I'm thinking why is Guimaraes not tapped in the back of the net should this have been a foul do you think in the build-up to it I really don't because I think it's Rico Henry's trying to stop a langer and it's actually Rico Henry that goes into the defender and then here you see him getting back and he and he clips Bruno's heels as he comes into the box here just clips his legs accidental yeah but it stops him from putting the ball in the back of the net and so for me it was a penalty for sure so penalty was given and that was uh taken by Bruno Gimaraish who was finally back in action for Newcastle as well after missing the last four games and that really lifted the spirits in St James's Park they thought that they were able to get away with a point in this game really good well taken penalty from Bruno Gimaraish but to break Newcastle hearts this is what happens for Brantford yeah and again I just think Newcastle finishing the game how they started it a little bit unorthodox defensive you can see Trippier top of the screen I don't know if we can pause it here now in this very moment you can just see Trippier he's out the screen Otara's there on Chiao's back shoulder Chiao isn't aware of where Otara is and this is Brentford in a nutshell you can actually see here as it's paused you can see Jensen he's such a smart player he knows he has a little look he can see Otara's through he just plays it and then obviously the finish is fantastic we can watch the finish but he should no way have that much space.

20:12Trippi is out of position. It's a super finish. I'll let Les go through the striking detail. I was just thinking about what you said, where you said Newcastle thought they might have got a point out of this. I think they were going for the three points. And that's why Trippi is up there. He's high, isn't he? He's expecting T.L. to come around and he doesn't. It's a great ball from Jensen. Watara does what he does. On that left foot, you knew it was going to hit the target. It was just whether Pope could save it or not. It's a great finish. and Wattara player of the match dessert for you? yeah certainly not like what John Nemson's going to go yeah we've got to be careful he's saying Janel because he's team midfielder isn't he?

20:51Janel and obviously with his with his goal and then I think his all-round performance tonight Janel I thought he was absolutely superb his work rate was just fantastic and one of the reasons why Brentford got that three points okay guys thank you very much for now lots to get through when we come back after this break we'll be focusing on what this all means for Newcastle and for Eddie Howe, another frustrating result in a difficult week.

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22:39Well, not the best reaction from Newcastle fans at full time. Difficult week for Newcastle over the last couple of games as well. No win in their last five now in all competitions. That's four defeats in that time as well. If you look at their last couple of results, their fixtures to come as well, Les, what does this say about Newcastle, do you think? Yeah, going through that difficult period that you don't want to go through as a player. And you know, sort of like when you look at those stats there at the moment, and those results, sorry, you know, there's a lack of confidence in the side. You know, I was thinking about it and I'm looking at Brentford and if you contrast, you look at Brentford and you go, right, okay, at this stage last season, Wissler had 11 goals.

23:22Thiago's got 17 now. Yep, yep. Izak had 17 goals for Newcastle. They brought in Wissler, who's got one goal. Alanga has got no goals in the Premier League. The highest goal scorer is the Gimaraes at nine goals. Voltemada's got six. A lack of goals. And, you know, we see when you're looking at the 2-0 away from home, you know, there's three games here, four games where they haven't scored a goal. So that's the biggest problem for Newcastle. And you can see that today. You know, a lack of confidence, a lack of, you know, the fact that he's made the changes that he made at half-time, took two forward players off, put two forward players on, and then brought another forward.

24:02That's where they're lacking at the moment. You know, defensively, they were great last season. leaking goals but they're not scoring goals and that's the biggest problem for Newcastle. The Newcastle players and the manager Eddie Howe as well still in the dressing room so we're waiting for reaction to see what Eddie Howe has to say after that performance but when you look Izzy at the competitions that they've been in this season at Newcastle it is obvious that they've had a really busy fixture schedule do you think that has affected performances then? I think without a doubt and there's twofold with that you look at it from a head coach's perspective Eddie Howe and his coaching staff and the time he's getting with his players to rectify these little tweaks these little issues he's not necessarily getting on the training pitch you know where the players are active you know you do a lot of walkthroughs you know a lot of your training is done in the analysis room and it's very hard in that way to get your messages across the players but this doesn't make a good viewing for Newcastle fans you know bottom half of the table you know their form their record is not great at all and also the other thing is that kind of push last season to qualify for Europe.

25:04The trophies they've won under Eddie Howe, that surge they've had into European football, but they're just paying the price for it right now. And it's sometimes a case of careful what you wish for. But I think St James' Park, Eddie Howe as a manager, the players they've got in their squad, to me, they've got such a strong squad and I just think they're in a very, very bad patch at the moment. OK, well, we can get some reaction from Newcastle now. Kieran Trippier is with Luke Shanley. Kieran, how tough was that to take today? Raritov there's no denying that we'll start the game we'll go 1-0 up and again just disappointed with the goals that we conceded especially at home over the past couple of years we've been a real force at home but like I said the other day we can't put our heads down the reality is we've got another big game in the midweek but it's tough to take of course you're getting into winning positions or at least looking like you could have got a point is that even more frustrating that it's not the first time that you've lost leads or not been able to come out with something?

26:04100 % I think the games that we've had as you just mentioned we've took the lead and it's about putting more pressure and maintaining and keep putting pressure on and getting that second goal but we're going through a tough spell at the moment we're not denying that but again we've got another game midweek we just need to refresh we just need to get our heads down and another big game midweek In terms of the senior players how do you try and keep the confidence high because understandably it would be dented when you see the run results in a tough run of games. It's my responsibility, like Bernie, the senior players, to calm things down in the dressing room, lead by example, because myself, I've been in this position many times in my career as other players in the dressing room, the senior players.

26:50So it's my responsibility as well to help the players because it's a demanding season, there's a lot of games, so I take full responsibility as a senior player in the dressing room. Just finally, what do you say to those a bit frustrated with the run towards the players, towards the manager in terms of going forward? First I want to say it's nothing about the manager. We take responsibility for the performances. The manager puts their plan out, we try and execute it so I'm not going down that route about the manager. I'd never do that. It's those players who need to take responsibility on the pitch.