Brentford obtained their Premier League season off to a flying begin with a 2-1 over Crystal Palace.© AFP
Brentford shrugged off the absence of Ivan Toney to get their Premier League season off to a flying begin with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday. Bryan Mbeumo and Yoane Wissa obtained the targets for the Bees, who had neglected England worldwide Toney over hypothesis surrounding his future. Toney has lower than a 12 months left to run on his contract with the London membership and is attracting curiosity from Saudi golf equipment after his position in serving to England to the Euro 2024 ultimate. Brentford boss Thomas Frank mentioned pre-match his facet had proven final season they’ll cope with out Toney — who missed a lot of final time period as a result of a betting ban.
Marc Guehi did captain Crystal Palace regardless of the curiosity in him proven by Newcastle.
The England defender had an impressive Euros however a second to overlook for Brentford’s opening purpose.
Mbeumo raced onto Wissa’s go and minimize inside Guehi earlier than firing into the far nook.
Palace ended final season in sensational type underneath Oliver Glasner and can really feel arduous finished by to not have earned no less than some extent.
Eberechi Eze had a brilliantly executed close to submit free-kick harshly dominated out for a foul by Will Hughes when the rating was nonetheless stage at 0-0.
A vivid Palace begin to the second half was rewarded when Ethan Pinnock turned Daniel Munoz’s header into his personal purpose.
Seconds later, Odsonne Edouard slotted house Eze’s go solely to be denied by a marginal offside determination.
Instead it was Brentford who grabbed the very important third purpose.
Dean Henderson may solely parry Nathan Collins’ shot straight into the trail of Wissa, who bundled house.
Eze was twice denied by Mark Flekken within the closing phases however Brentford held out for a formidable three factors.
Champions Manchester City start the defence of their Premier League title in a while Sunday with a visit to face Chelsea in Enzo Maresca’s first match in command of the Blues.
