West Ham United stumbled to a 2-0 Premier League defeat at Brentford on Sunday.
The Hammers’ hopes of climbing back into the top five were scuppered by a below-par performance in west London, where second half goals from Bryan Mbeumo and Ivan Toney settled a disappointing derby and earned the Bees a double over David Moyes’ side.
Mbeumo and Toney provided the assists for one another’s goals. First, on 48 minutes, Toney headed Kristoffer Ajer’s right-wing throw into the Frenchman’s path and he fired powerfully past Łukasz Fabiański.
Then, on 64, Michail Antonio lost possession and the Bees countered down their left flank. Rico Henry crossed beyond the far post, from where Mbeumo cushioned the ball square for the unmarked Toney to head in.
Defeat marked a dissatisfying end to a week that had begun brightly with a Premier League home win over Everton and also featured a draining UEFA Europa League quarter-final first-leg tie with Olympique Lyonnais on Thursday evening.
Watch highlights from the game in the video player above.
