Newcastle boss Eddie Howe, speaking to MOTD: "Today was a tough game. Brentford make it very difficult for you. We had a bit of a slow start but the first goal changed everything from our perspective.
On Bruno Guimaraes: "He was outstanding. we really missed him when he was out. Quality player who helps us in every phase.
"If you look where the goals came from today our intensity and pressing, we forced them into errors and we got rewarded for that.
"Overall a great day for us."
On Almiron: "It is all about building consistency to his game but he has performed brilliantly off the ball and now he is adding goals to that.