(Football news) While the Bees’ FA Cup journey came to an end in a five-goal thriller against Wolverhampton Wanderers, the Tricky Trees emerged victorious from a 120-minute scrap with Blackpool on Wednesday.
For the second time in the space of a month, Brentford were on the wrong end of a five-goal spectacular against Gary O’Neil’s Wolves, who came away from the Gtech Community Stadium with a 1-1 FA Cup draw on January 5 after previously storming to a 4-1 top-flight beating just after Christmas.
The Bees were on the path to redemption when Nathan Collins struck against his former club, only for Nelson Semedo to respond before the half-time break, and Brentford were also pegged back by Nathan Fraser after Neal Maupay had restored their slender advantage.
The net would ripple once more in the additional 30 minutes, but gut-wrenchingly for the Gtech faithful, it came via the boot of Matheus Cunha, whose 110th-minute effort allowed Wolves to set up a Black Country derby with West Bromwich Albion and extend the Bees’ morale-sapping streak without success.
Seven successive matches – six of which have ended in defeat – have now come and gone without Brentford managing to emerge triumphant, and having had their wings clipped, the Bees are dancing with the relegation devil in 16th place, three points clear of the drop zone with a game in hand on Luton Town.
Each of Brentford’s last five Premier League matches have now seen the Bees pick up zero points – their longest losing streak in the top tier since their return to the big time in 2021 – but smiles will be etched across the faces of the home fans either way this weekend, as Thomas Frank welcomes his leading number nine back to top-flight duty.
