Norwich City's 4 wins, 5 draws and 17 defeats (15-55 goal difference) are tentative stovepipers, having been beaten by Liverpool in the 3rd round of the League Cup and in the last 16 of the FA Cup.
The Canaries have been in the relegation zone all season, and have parted company with Daniel Farke, the manager who took the team to the Premier LeagueChampionship, and hired Dean Smith, who took Aston Villa back to the Premier League.
Brentford, 6 wins, 6 draws and 15 defeats (27-44 goal difference) are in 15th place, defeated by Chelsea in the last 8 of the League Cup and sifted through the last 32 of the FA Cup by Ivoryton.
The Bees' performance was undoubtedly much superior compared to the other 2 classes of lifters, but the new classmates fell into serious turmoil in February, and their ranking thus plummeted to the edge of the relegation maelstrom.
In order to improve the offensive firepower, Brentford in the winter transfer window whistle signing Danish star Christian Eriksen, the last game Premier League (home 0-2 Newcastle United) substitutes for the field has been unable to help the team to reverse the swallowing of the red after the 2-goal deficit, the ghost card may become the bees as soon as possible out of the danger of the key! The Bee's are in a very good position to get out of this situation quickly.
Together with Watford, who fired Xisco at the start of the season, and then fired Roy Hodgson (who has been out of the Crystal Palace army for some time now) after knocking out United and then firing Sao Sao in a straight line, the 3 promoted teams will be able to squeeze out at least one of the teams from Bonhams, Everton, and Ritz United (with Newcastle United looking safe and secure at the moment). Will these 3 promoted teams be able to squeeze out at least one of Bonhams, Everton and Ritz United (Newcastle United looks safe now)?
Norwich City are playing a 4-2-3-1
Goalkeeper Tim Krul
Defensemen Sam Byram, Grant Hanley, Ben Gibson, Brandon Williams
Backs Billy Gilmour, Mathias Normann
Attacking midfielder Kenny McLean
Wings Joshua Sargent, Milot Rashica
Center Teemu Pukki
Brentford, on the other hand, had a rare conversion to a 4-5-1:
Striker Ivan Toney
Midfielders Christian Eriksen, Christian Nørgaard, Vitaly Janelt (forwards Sergi Canós and Bryan Mbeumo also pulled to the left and right sides of midfield)
Defenders Rico Henry, Ethan Pinnock, Pontus Jansson, Kristoffer Ajer
Goalkeeper David Raya
It was a six-point game in a way, with Brentford losing 1-2 at home for the first time this season (and still sending Norwich City to the cleaners). This time around, the Canaries, who have been improving slightly, did start the game with a lot of possession and attacking play, but it was either blocked or deflected away by David Raya.
Kristoffer Ajer was yellowed in the 24th minute.
In the 32nd minute, Christian Eriksen took a corner kick from the left, Kristoffer Ajer sent a backward header to the right, Ivan Toney buried on the right side of the right-footed shot from the six-yard box, Brentford took the lead 0-1. Brentford were 0-1 up.
In the 40th minute, the most iconic image of the game: Christian Eriksen putting Unitedmercenary Brandon Williams, who was advancing on the ball, to the ground with a hug. The referee gave him a yellow card despite the fact that his opponent saw that it was a major illness and picked a loving hug instead of a slap.
The referee's decision really matters.
Shortly after the start of the second half, Brandon Williams received a substantial pass from a teammate after the left side of the disk to the left side of the box, but in the box and Bryan Mbeumo have offensive and defensive physical contact and fell to the ground, the referee did not have 12 yards of indication, a burst of outcry.
Soon after, in the 48th minute, Christian Eriksen took a corner kick from the right and Pontus Jansson's attempted header was met by an inadvertent flying kick to the head and neck by Ben Gibson. Even though it was a 50/50 shot, the referee finally awarded Ben Gibson a yellow card and a 12-yard penalty through VAR.
In the 52nd minute, Ivan Toney took charge of the 12-yard box and blasted a shot into the bottom left corner of the net and the keeper guessed the wrong side of the net to extend Brentford's lead to 0-2.
After the second goal, the Canaries again attacked from the left and a player went down in the box (Kenny McLean), the referee again did not indicate.
Comparatively, in the 55th minute Ivan Toney's second 12-yarder in just four minutes was given away by a foul on Ben Gibson as he went in at the top of the box to receive a teammate's pass to form a half-solo. Despite losing control of the ball before tripping over his feet, the referee was instantly determined to indicate 12 yards, and the atmosphere of discontent was close to exploding.
In the 58th minute, Ivan Toney was again in charge of 12 yards, again blasted to the lower left corner, although this time the goalkeeper pounced on the right side also useless, Brentford 0-3 extended the lead, and this is their Premier League history of the first hat trick.
Brentford took a three-goal lead in the 59th minute with Frank Onyeka replacing Christian Nørgaard.
In the 67th minute, Milot Rashica scored on an own goal from the left side, but it was disallowed due to Teemu Pukki's offside.
Norwich City brought on Jonathan Rowe for Billy Gilmour in the 74th minute.
Brentford brought on Mads Roerslev Rasmussen for Kristoffer Ajer in the 75th minute.
