Brentford execute another stirring fightback to floor Aston Villa

Brentford (1) 2 Wissa 43, Roerslev 83

Aston Villa (1) 1 Ings 16

Mads Roerslev popped up seven minutes from time to blast in his first goal for the Bees to crown another great comeback at the Brentford Community Stadium.

They looked out of sorts in the first half and trailed to a Danny Ings strike, but Yoane Wissa’s equaliser just before the break got Thomas Frank’s men back on an even keel.

Villa did most of the pressing throughout, but neither side looked much like scoring in the second half, until the glorious finale – which mirrored the recent win from behind against Watford.

The Dane joined the attack to blast goalwards after being played in by Shandon Baptiste. Keeper Emi Martinex parried, but the rebound came back to Roerslev, who rattled a left foot shot into the far corner.

Somehow, the Bees are finding ways to win tight games and with 23 points in the bag already, they are looking increasingly at ease in the top flight.

The Bees nearly paid for a passive start to the game though, and you can’t afford to give opportunities to a predator like Ings.

The striker had already served notice of the threat he carries with a dangerous left-foot strike - which Mads Bech Sorensen managed to block - when he put the Villans in front.

His goal owed much to some slick play from Emi Buendia, who made space with an exchange of passes with Douglas Luiz before playing in the perfect pass for Ings to run onto in the same inside-left channel.

Pontus Jansson could get nowhere near the Villa marksman, whose low shot across Alvaro Fernandez found the far bottom corner.

The Bees went largely awol in the first half but from nowhere, Christian Norgaard – who has just peened a new deal with the club – fed Mads Roerslev on the overlap and the full-back's rolled cross along the edge of the box was expertly put away by Wissa.

It was the DR Congo striker’s sixth of the season but somewhat overdue – his last one being the last-minute winner at West Ham in October.

In a second half of few chances, Frank Onyeka almost put the Bees in front after racing onto an Ivan Toney backheel and seeing his low effort towards the bottom corner the bottom tipped onto a post and behind by Emi Martinez.

But with seven minutes to go, the Bees got their noses in front when Roerslev joyfully buried the chance that came his way at the second time of asking.

Bees: (3-5-2) Fernandez – Pinnock, Jansson, Bech Sorensen – Roerslev, Onyeka (Janelt 80), Norgaard, Jensen (Baptiste 61), Canos (Ghoddos 54) – Wissa, Toney. Subs not used: Cox, Thompson, Forss, Ajer, Bidstrup, Stevens

Villans: (4-3-3) Martinez – Cash, Konsa, Hause, Targett – McGinn, Douglas Luiz, Ramsey (Sanson 69)– Traore (Trezeguet 80), Ings, Buendia. Subs not used: Steer, El Ghazi, Philogene-Bidace, Chukweumeka, Archer, Iroebunam, Feeney