Nottingham Forest 1-0 Brentford: Ben Watson hits winner at City Ground
N Forest vs Brentford
Sky Bet Chship
3:00pm Saturday 5th October
The City Ground
(Att: 27598)
Stand-in Nottingham Forest captain Ben Watson scored his next City Ground winner at successive games as Sabri Lamouchis side stretched their unbeaten Sky Bet Championship run to ten games with a 1-0 win over Brentford.
Watson, deputising using Michael Dawson sidelined for a second successive game with a calf injury as skipper, had not scored for years before his strike which beat Barnsley 1-0 at home a fortnight ago.
The midfielder was again the gap against the Bees, scoring a stunning 12-yard volley at the 56th minute to lift up Forest to second in the table, level on points with leaders that are new West Brom.
It was a goal of excellent quality in an energetic game which needed to wait with the climbing strike of Joe Lolley, until the minute because of its first opportunity following a run from within the circle.
It was not until 10 minutes after even though Brice Samba awakened a low 12-yard push from Josh DaSilva, that a unsatisfactory Brentford side carved out their very first opportunity.
Forest swiftly countered, culminating in Lewis Grabbans pull back into the area teeing Tiago Silva up but, in the same way the Portuguese midfielder was going to let fly, and Mathias Jensen managed to earn a superbly-timed battle, with punishment shouts ignored.
The deadlock at the 34th minute , however, almost broke, striking a 25-yard past Raya post later Yuri Ribeiro had been brought down by Julian Jeanvier.
Brentford responded with a delivery in the following Watson undertake on Sergi Canos.
By 35 yards Jensens curler took a deflection off the walls, forcing a nine-hole Samba to hit clear with his left once he had set off to his right.
The breakthrough arrived 11 minutes spawned by a stunning intervention from Bees skipper Pontus Jansson since he took the ball and away for a corner as the striker lined an undercover drive.
However from the inswinging delivery, accidentally flicked by Jeanvier at the near post of Silva, Joe Worrall provided a header towards Watson who subsequently hit a thunderous volley.
Was just after the hour after Bryan Mbuemo struck against an increasing drive from the edge of the area that had two yards over the bar.
On the contrary, it was Forest who ought to have added to their tally but first Silva flashed a 15-yard shot past Rayas left-hand article, whereas Sammy Ameobi – who had replaced Joao Carvalho at the 64th minute – forced a fine low stop from your Brentford goalkeeper nine minutes from time.
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