Brentford 4 Manchester United 3: Schade brace secures third-successive Premier League victory | OneFootball

Brentford came from behind to defeat Manchester United 4-3 at Gtech Community Stadium and pick up their third-successive win in the Premier League.

Mason Mount gave the Red Devils an early lead before a Luke Shaw own goal and Kevin Schade header turned the game around. The German nodded in his second after the break - becoming the third Bees player to net 10+ goals in the league in the process - before Yoane Wissa added a fourth. Alejandro Garnacho and Amad scored late on for the visitors but the west Londoners held out for the three points.

Thomas Frank named an unchanged starting XI from the 2-0 success against Nottingham Forest at the City Ground on Thursday evening.

Igor Thiago returned to the matchday squad for the first time since December's 4-2 win against Newcastle United, replacing Paris Maghoma.

Brentford almost took the lead in bizarre fashion inside the opening three minutes. Keane Lewis-Potter sent a dangerous ball over the top of United's defence with Schade the target. Shaw, unaware that Altay Bayındır had come out to try and claim the ball, got his head on the dropping ball and it fell narrowly wide of the post.

Less than a minute later, Schade got on the end of a whipped Yehor Yarmoliuk cross from the right side but he couldn't keep his effort down.

United opened the scoring on 14 minutes with what was their first chance of the match. After winning back possession in midfield, Garnacho played a one-two with Kobbie Mainoo to make some space down the left wing before delivering a low cross into the box. Mount, who was also on target in the same fixture last term, arrived at the right time to slot past Mark Flekken from close range.

The Bees had threatened through the long throws of Michael Kayode and, midway through the half, his third of the game led to the equaliser. Initially headed away by Patrick Dorgu, the Italy Under-21s international chased down the bouncing ball and nodded it inside to Mikkel Damsgaard, who saw his prodded volley deflect off Shaw and into the top corner.

Six minutes after restoring parity, Brentford turned the match on its head. After Wissa won the ball in a challenge with Matthijs de Ligt, who stayed down following the 50/50 and was replaced by Harry Maguire after the goal, a slick interchange between Christian Nørgaard and Kayode freed the Danish midfielder close to the right corner flag. He hung up an inch-perfect cross to the back post, where Schade met it with a towering header into the back of the net.

Schade was causing all sorts of problems down the left flank and he went close to adding his second and the Bees' third shortly afterwards. After collecting Lewis-Potter's long ball over the top on the corner of the box, he beat Tyler Fredricson and saw a well-struck effort palmed away by Bayındır.

The Turkish keeper saved his side again moments later. Nørgaard nodded a Damsgaard free-kick, awarded for a cynical foul on the lively Kayode, towards the near post, but the Red Devils' no.1 somehow got his body in the way of it.

It quite easily could have been level at 2-2 following a big chance for the visitors late in the half. Mount turned provider as he pulled the ball back from the right side to the middle of the box to Garnacho but the Argentinian mishit his shot and was crowded out.

The first opening of the second period went the way of United. Mount had two bites of the cherry from the edge of the area, seeing low shots blocked by Nathan Collins then collected by Flekken.

Brentford responded with a chance of their own at the other end. Sepp van den Berg flicked on the latest Kayode long throw, but it was just out of the reach of Wissa at the back post as the Congolese striker couldn't turn it back on goal.

United kept on probing for an equaliser as first Amad and then Garnacho saw shots blocked by a Bees backline that was standing firm.

Brentford opened up a two-goal cushion on 70 minutes. Following a sustained period of pressure, and with bodies over on the right side, Damsgaard played a short pass to Mbeumo, who delivered a teasing ball from the corner of the box which Schade nodded in at the back post.

It was 4-1 four minutes later. Mathias Jensen sliced the defence open with a sublime pass for Kayode, who unselfishly squared for Wissa to pass into the back of the net from six yards for his 18th goal of the season.

Garnacho pulled one back for the visitors against the run of play with just under 10 minutes remaining. He exchanged passes with former Bee Christian Eriksen before curling an impressive effort into the top corner from 25 yards.

Chido Obi saw his low shot turned away by a superb van den Berg block in the final minute of regulation time.

Amad cut inside from the right wing and squeezed a shot past van den Berg and underneath Flekken in stoppage-time, but it was too little, too late for United as Brentford claimed the three points.

The result saw the Bees leapfrog Fulham and Brighton and move into ninth place.

Brentford: Flekken; Kayode (Ajer 81), Collins, van den Berg, Lewis-Potter (Nunes 81); Nørgaard, Yarmoliuk (Jensen 68); Mbeumo, Damsgaard (Thiago 81), Schade (Henry 72); Wissa

Subs not used: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Mee, Konak

Manchester United: Bayındır; Fredricson (Lindelöf 76), de Ligt (Maguire 36), Shaw (Yoro HT); Dorgu (Amad HT), Ugarte, Mainoo, Amass; Mount (Eriksen 57), Garnacho; Obi

Subs not used: Heaton, Fernandes, Højlund, Casemiro

Attendance: 17, 190

Frank: It was close to being a complete performance

Brentford head coach passed on his congratulations to Brentford Women, who secured the title and promotion on Sunday afternoon, and assessed his side's 4-3 win against Manchester United.

"The most important thing today is, congratulations to Brentford Women, Karleigh [Osborne] and his staff and the players on a big achievement," said Frank. "It's a perfect day!"

On defeating the Red Devils, he added: "I'm very happy with a very good performance, especially until we scored the fourth.

"After we scored the 4-1 goal, it was close to being a complete performance; dominating, being on top of the game throughout until that moment, scoring four great goals and giving basically nothing away.

"Of course, we're a bit annoyed with the last two goals but it's the Premier League, it's a very good team with very good players.

"Having three players on 10 or more [goals] and being the only team to have that in the division is incredible. It was two top goals from Kevin Schade today; two great crosses and two great finishes."

Schade talks through his Manchester United brace

Kevin Schade reacted to his goals and Brentford's 4-3 victory against Manchester United at Gtech Community Stadium.

"It was two good goals and something we work on in training," said the German.

"It was a good chip from Nørgaard and from a position like this, I think I can jump very high in there. The second goal was a lovely cross from Bryan [Mbeumo] and a bit lucky because I think it got deflected."

The win moves the Bees up two places to ninth, one point and one place behind Bournemouth in eighth, a position that could be enough to qualify for the UEFA Conference League next season.

"We want to play in Europe," Schade added.

"We have to win every game now, but it's a positive pressure to have something you can keep playing for."