Brentford hand Hammers fourth straight home defeat | OneFootball

West Ham United fans who boycotted Monday night's clash with Brentford will not have missed anything they wanted to see with the Bees easily the better side at the London Stadium.

With Ange Postecoglou being sacked by Nottingham Forest after a winless start, the Australian's predecessor Nuno Espírito Santo will be hoping that he can get a first win sooner rather than later.

Indeed, West Ham's only win of the season in nine games in all competitions has only come against their current manager.

The visitors took the lead in the 43rd minute after a floated ball over the top that Kevin Schade was able to get to before laying it off for his in-form teammate Igor Thiago to finish.

The Brazilian thought he had doubled his side's lead in first-half stoppage time when he picked up Mikkel Damsgaard's pass before lifting the ball over Alphonse Aréola.

With AWS outages, VAR was back to the now old-fashioned lines to eventually rule out Igor Thiago's goal.

The only real surprise of the night was that it took so long for Brentford to wrap up the win, Schade smashed the bar with his header with just over an hour gone after a great ball from Michael Kayode.

It was eventually 2-0 in the fourth minute of stoppage time when Mathias Jensen buried Keane Lewis-Potter's cut-back.

That result moves Brentford up to 13th on 10 points, ahead of Newcastle United – this performance will boost the west London club's confidence ahead of the visit of Liverpool on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Nuno Espírito Santo finds his West Ham team in 19th with just four points – still behind former club Forest. A trip to Elland Road on Friday should give the Hammers an opportunity to get back on track.