CHERRIES’ promotion dream went up in smoke as Brentford staged a dramatic comeback to book their spot in the Championship play-off final. Leading 1-0 from the first leg, Cherries doubled their advantage through Arnaut Danjuma in west London, only for Ivan Toney to pull one back from the penalty spot. Disaster then struck for Cherries when Chris Mepham was sent off for hauling down Bryan Mbeumo inside the first 30 minutes. Penned back, Cherries were unable to keep the Bees out with second-half goals from Vitaly Janelt and Marcus Forss sealing a 3-1 win on the day and putting Thomas Frank’s side through to Wembley 3-2 on aggregate.
Bournemouth headed into the encounter on the back of their 1-0 victory in the first leg and hit the ground running at Brentford Community Stadium but failed to build on their impressive start.
Danjuma started the game along with his compatriot Dominic Solanke as well as Philip Billing and opened the scoring as early as the sixth minute.
The Nigerian-born Dutch forward found the back of the net with a fine strike, leaving goalkeeper David Raya with no chance.
The lead did not last long as Ivan Toney levelled proceedings for Thomas Frank’s men, converting from the penalty spot.
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