Brentford (0) 2 Stoke (1) 1 27/2/21 3pm
Stoke failed to take the points from sleepy Brentford, who after gifting Stoke an early goal, woke up long enough to score a couple of goals. Shame. Here’s how the game unfolded in real time:
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No Stephen Fletcher! Where will the goals come from? 5 at the back with Chester returning! So, a defensive Stoke side? Ha, such pessimism. Well, this is highflying Brentford.
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0.24 1-0!!!! Blimey, Stoke lead as Brentford decide to have a kip in the first minute, with keeper Raya Martin passing straight to Tommy Smith who slips it to Brown to steer home for 1-0. Oh, what Stoke away supporters would have made of this! A beer on every corner of the ground!
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21.30 Stoke seemingly controlling the game, but what is puzzling everyone about the goal is why Tommy Smith was hovering in the inside right position in the first place!?
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24.30 Yellow card for Thompson for spinning a player around like Strictly Ballroom. Harsh. I’d have given him a score of 5.9!
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27.30 Somehow Reid doesn’t get yellow carded for pole-axing Mikel!!!! Who’s reffing this game?
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31.04 Somehow Powell and Brown fail to make it 2-0. Anyone would think they weren’t centre forwards…
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33.55 Yellow card for Norrington-Davies! His tackle is harmless compared to Reid’s a few minutes earlier that really hurt Mikel. What is going on?
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37.04 Unchallenged Reid heads over from a corner from the left. What’s he still doing on the pitch?
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HT Brentford Sleepers 0 Stoke Wakers 1
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45.00 Tymon and Cousins on for the yellow card kids Thompson and Norrington-Davies.
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45.45 Brentford strikers getting in each other’s way to thwart their best chance.
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55.35 1-1 ! Another miracle goal against Stoke, a rocket by Vitaly Janelt from outside the box into the far corner. Their FIRST shot on target. Stoke look weaker with those substitutions.
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60.55 Brentford strikers swamp Stoke’s area, but somehow fluff another chance.
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66.27 Decent Gunn save from distance. Joe Allen then goes in the book after a desperate tackle. Stoke on the ropes.
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76.20 Powell turns & blasts over in a well-crafted move. Could be their only chance this half.
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78.20 1-2 !! Simple goal by Toney badly defended, Stoke have let this one slip through their fingers.
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82.30 Vokes and Clarke on for Brown and Chester, with Stoke going 4-3-3…possibly.
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90+4 FT Brentford 2 Stoke 1. It’s getting tough for Michael O’Neill.
