BOURNEMOUTH, England : Brentford midfielder Christian Norgaard scored a second-half winner to move his side closer to the top half of the Premier League table as they came from behind to beat Bournemouth 2-1 away on Saturday.
Two set-pieces proved the undoing of Bournemouth, who had taken an 18th-minute lead from Vitaly Janelt’s own goal but saw the visitors fight back with Yoane Wissa and Norgaard scoring to ensure a fifth successive away victory for Brentford.
Wissa headed home from a corner in the 30th minute to equalise before Norgaard snapped up a long throw-in in the 71st that was allowed to bounce invitingly in the home penalty box.
Brentford moved up one place to 11th in the 20-team table while the defeat is a blow to Bournemouth’s hopes of qualifying for European competition for the first time.
Bournemouth have now won only one of their last six Premier League fixtures and remain ninth after a third successive home league defeat, having missed out on a chance to go sixth if they had won.
The opening goal came after a ball switched to the left flank saw Antoine Semenyo feed flying fullback Milos Kerkez at the end of a surging run and his square cross struck Brentford’s midfielder Janelt for an unfortunate own goal.
COMEBACK
It was as much as the hosts deserved after a bright start, but they conceded an equaliser in the 30th minute when an in-swinging corner from Bryan Mbeumo was headed in by Wissa, who leapt above the home defence with goalkeeper Kepa Arrizabalaga mistiming his attempt to punch the ball to safety and being caught out of position.
Mbeumo might have had a second less than a minute later but shot narrowly wide after a quick counter attack, while Kevin Schade’s pace set up another chance for the visitors
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