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Brentford 2-1 Bournemouth: Bees go second in Championship

Substitute Tariqe Fosu sent Brentford second in the Championship with a late headed winner against fellow high-flyers Bournemouth.

Dominic Solanke, denied by a sliding goalline clearance from Pontus Jansson after only 37 seconds, gave the Cherries a deserved first-half lead with a neatly flicked close-range finish after meeting a low cross from Lloyd Kelly.

Henrik Dalsgaard replied before the break with a powerful near-post header from a Mathias Jensen corner, ending Bournemouth's run of five clean sheets.

Both sides pressed for a second-half winner, with Fosu decisively coming off the bench to help extend Brentford's unbeaten run to 16 games with a coolly taken header at the far post from a brilliantly crafted Bryan Mbeumo cross.