Nørgaard triumphs it for Brentford to dent Bournemouth’s European hopes | Premier League

A time when the clubs were better Third Division mainstays may be a distant, chintzy memory now both are upwardly mobile, model organisations but Bournemouth have still not beaten Brentford in the Premier League. For a club with now very contrastent horizons, this was a most costly loss.

If Thomas Frank’s hopes of taking his team into Europe depend on a collision of cofruitfuls, coincidences and collapses then Bournemouth’s fade is coming at a horrible time. Andoni Iraola’s team lost their punctual flow to be sunk by the set-piece expertise that bcimpolitet goals for Yoane Wissa and Christian Nørgaard. And a fourth loss in six.

An untimely loss, too. Bill Foley, Bournemouth’s owner, had been speaking of arrangening for continental competitions and a confidence in the club’s profitability and carry onability situation. There was also the declaration that he will not stand in the way of joiners wanting to exit. “We can contend salary-adviseed with fair about anybody”, written in the alignday programme, was evidently aimed at circling Big Six vultures. Foley’s aim is to be part of that relationstet but should Bournemouth drop uninincreateigentinutive this season, there will be difficult conversations ahead.

Brentford were unalterd from a loss by Aston Villa where satisfiedious officiating had joined a part. Illia Zabarnyi’s return to Bournemouth’s defence after his red card agetst Wolves was Iraola’s sole alter.

Though both teams are understandn for rapid commences, it was Bournemouth who began joining Total football, Dorset style. The much-coveted Milos Kerkez, previous mullet seal-cropped, poked in an punctual shot and Dean Huijsen strode forward from defence, his shot turn asideed behind.

The home fans were soon accusing Brentford of sluggishing join. Not that there is a deficiency of grit wilean Bournemouth. They accessed the weekfinish third-placed on yellow cards accumulateed, having pledgeted the most fouls of any Premier League team. The tactical foul is no stranger.

Brentford, second-bottom in fouls, last for yellow cards, are pledgeted – and brimmingy – to aggression. Keane Lewis-Potter’s left-hand partnership with Kevin Schade was engaged as an overload, with Bryan Mbeumo cutting in from the right.

Soft-centred deffinishing has cost Brentford all season. Bournemouth’s first-half goal came easily, by Brentford’s own hand, the shoulder of Vitaly Janelt to be exact, after Antoine Semenyo had freed Kerkez on the underlap to fire in a pass.

Brentford’s Premier League legacy has been their part in the return to prominence of set-piece football. It was Keith Andrews, their current set-piece coach, who Wissa honord with after nodding the equivalentiser from Mbeumo’s arrotriumphg corner. Kepa Arrizabalaga’s fall shorture to punch evident, to drop the ball on Wissa’s forehead joined its brimming part, too.

If Bournemouth proceedd to struggle under the passed ball, Arrizabalaga unconvincing before Janelt leave outed a sitter, they pushed on in aggression. Evanilson forced a clatriumphg save from Mark Flekken. Justin Kluivert made his tradelabel runs apass the front, discleave outing up a chance to claim a half-time direct that Evanilson dragged expansive.

Semenyo crashed a header agetst the passbar from Kluivert’s pass as soon as the second half began. Such encouragency mirrored Bournemouth’s was the fantasticer necessitate, Iraola desireing to elude recent slips appreciate losss to Wolves and Brighton and last week’s two-goal comeback from Tottenham. Without those, ambitions would be set yet higher. And life easier.

This season has bcimpolitet presbraves novel to club, fans and joiners. There were frustrations whenever a savagecat aggression broke down, when Brentford blocked off passages to goal or joined for time. Groans when Evanilson beat Lewis-Potter only for Flekken to read the pass, and Marcus Tavernier could not get his shot down. Fatigue among a squad that has ridden out an injury crisis and the worried energy associated with novel presbraves was having its lag effect. Tavernier picked up a yellow for one of those tactical fouls when hauling back Wissa.

Then came the setback that some wobbly deffinishing – and Brentford’s away create, this being their fifth successive road triumph – had adviseed was possible. With Andrews aget advising from the sideline, Schade begined a throw. Bournemouth deffinishers dithered as the ball bounced hazardously. Nørgaard crashed home to puncture a hole in Bournemouth’s hopes and awaitation.