Igor Thiago scored twice in the last 10 minutes to help Brentford beat relegation-threatened Burnley 3-1 after an exciting finish to their Premier League clash at the Gtech Community Stadium.
The Brazilian opened the scoring in the 81st minute from the penalty spot before Zian Flemming responded with a spot-kick of his own a few minutes later.
Just as it appeared that the spoils would be shared in west London, Thiago popped up in the box with a brilliant 86th-minute finish before Dango Ouattara wrapped up the points in stoppage time.
Burnley came into the clash in desperate need of a win after falling to defeat in their three previous Premier League fixtures.
Mikkel Damsgaard had the first shot on goal of the match, but his tame effort was straight at Martin Dubravka.
Brentford captain Nathan Collins should have scored after getting on the end of a corner shortly after, but his header went wide of the left post.
The travelling Burnley support felt they should have had a penalty when Hannibal Mejbri appeared to be tripped in the box by Mathias Jensen. Instead, referee Sam Barrott booked Mejbri for diving, with the replay proving that Jensen made minimal contact with the 22-year-old.
Thiago was picked out in the centre of the penalty area by a Damsgaard cut-back in the 19th minute but his attempt failed to find the top-left corner.
Brentford goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher denied Axel Tuanzebe with a brilliant close-range save in the 34th minute after the ball fell kindly for the Burnley defender from a free-kick.
Kelleher made another crucial intervention with three minutes remaining of the half, producing a strong hand to stop Zian Flemming’s effort from the edge of the area, which looked set to find the top-right corner.
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