He triumphed in… the small London derby and entered this year’s Premier League with the right hand Bradford!
Although he hosted her Crystal Palace without their main striker, Ivan Toney, who was sidelined, with rumors of his departure “flaming”, Thomas Frank’s side celebrated the victory with 2-1starting this season off perfectly.
The match started with Crystal Palace having the initiative of the moves, even managing to open the scoring in the 22nd minute, when Eze he scored with a direct free kick from a far side position and while everyone was expecting a cross, with the referee giving an attacking foul before the ball crossed the line, the goal was disallowed.
In the end, it was Brentford who took the lead in the 29th minute when, after an exemplary counter-attack, Embuemo he swooped in from the right and scored from a fine spot, and a minute later produced a superb vertical pass, but Henderson emerged victorious in a 4-on-4 with Ayer. In fact, in the 42nd minute, Brentford came close to scoring a second goal, but Sante narrowly missed from a side position.
At the start of the second half, Palace reacted, pressing the home team’s defense and managing to find the equalizer in the 57th minute, when after a cross and a header-pass from Munioth, Pinnock sent the ball into his team’s net.
In the 59th Edward he gave Brentford the lead again after an assist by Eze, but his goal was disallowed for offside by the latter, while in the 76th minute and after a period of time in front of the Palace goal, Visa he was in the right place at the right time, beating Henderson. Until the end the visitors pressed but could not find a second goal and Brentford celebrated the victory with 2-1.
The program of the 1st matchday:
Friday (16/8)
Manchester United-Fulham 1-0
(87′ Zirkzei)
Saturday (17/8)
Ipswich-Liverpool 0-2
(60′ Diogo Zota, 65′ Salah)
Arsenal-Wolves 2-0
(25′ Havertz, 74′ Saka)
Everton-Brighton 0-3
(26′ Mitoma, 56′ Welbeck, 87′ Andingra)
Newcastle-Southampton 1-0
(45′ Zoelinton)
Nottingham Forest-Bournemouth 1-1
(23′ Wood – 87′ Semeno)
West Ham-Aston Villa 1-2
(37′ Paketa pen. – 4′ Onana, 79′ Duran)
Sunday (18/8)
Brentford-Crystal Palace 2-1
(29′ Ebouemo, 76′ Visa – 57′ aut. Pinnock)
Chelsea-Manchester City (18:30)
Monday (19/8)
Leicester-Tottenham (22:00)
The schedule for the next (2nd) matchday:
Saturday (24/8)
Brighton-Manchester United (14:30)
Crystal Palace-West Ham (17:00)
Manchester City-Ipswich (17:00)
Southampton-Nottingham Forest (17:00)
Tottenham-Everton (17:00)
Fulham-Leicester (17:00)
Aston Villa-Arsenal (19:30)
Sunday (25/8)
Wolves-Chelsea (16:00)
Bournemouth-Newcastle (16:00)
Liverpool-Bradford (18:30)
Source: Sport Fm
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