Wissa reprises Super-Sub role as Brentford plunder injury-time winner at West Ham

West Ham United (0) 1 Bowen 80

Brentford (1) 2 Mbeumo 20, Wissa 90

Super-sub Yoane Wissa repeated his Liverpool rescue moment by coming off the bench to lash in an injury-time winner for the unstoppable Bees.

It was yet another astonishing chapter in an amazing journey for this remarkable outfit.

Thomas Frank’s men deservedly led with a first-half goal from Bryan Mbeumo, but appeared to have settled for a share of the spoils after Jarrod Bowen equalised 10 minutes from the end.

Yet, in one final act of drama deep into injury time, Mathias Jensen floated a free-kick into the box that Pontus Jansson headed firmly goalwards and although Lukasz Fabianski managed to palm it out, it fell straight to Wissa, who crashed the loose ball home.

He had only just come on for Mbeumo for the final 10 minutes.

It was another incredible moment for Wissa and the travelling fans, who have yet to taste an away defeat in the rarified atmosphere of the Premier League. They raised the London Stadium roof in celebration.

For the 25-year-old French born DR Congo striker, it provoked another of those 'Zen-like' celebrations in front of the away fans, where he sits serenely, cross-legged on the turf.

Brentford continue to confound all the conventions about newly-promoted teams. Their story is barely believable but shows no signs of de-escalating.

They remain unbeaten on their travels and only Brighton have emerged with all three points against them so far after seven games ahead of the second international break.

For the hosts, this was a bitter backward step after the many plaudits they have gained in the opening weeks. Perhaps the praise had gone to their heads a little too much.

They were much-improved in the second half, but perhaps their slow start owed something to the fact they had an emotional Europa League night on Thursday, and it was still not quite out of their systems.

The Bees are so full of confidence these days that it took no time for us to see their yellow shirts swarming forwards.

Twice Mbeumo might have drawn blood – clipping the top of the crossbar following a corner the Hammers failed to clear after blocking a Shandon Baptiste shot, then with a header planted wide from a fine Rico Henry ball in from the left.

Then it was the irrepressible Ivan Toney getting in on the action, turning onto Ethan Pinnock’s cushioned header and firing low to make Fabianski paw away for another corner.

Henry galloped clear and set up Sergi Canos for another pop which was deflected behind.

After surviving that torrid opening 15 minutes, the Irons finally showed some response and Kurt Zouma nodded a header just off target at the far post.

But a goal for Brentford had to come and after Fabianski had parried a shot from Canos – Toney supplying the killer pass - Mbeumo poked in the rebound before the Hammers' keeper could claw it away.

It needed goalline technology to confirm a very tight call as it appeared the keeper had just managed to prevent it from going over the line.

The Bees lost Baptiste to a shoulder injury – Jensen coming on – but the threat did not stop. Toney ghosted past Zouma and the former Chelsea man had to chase back and take a yellow for tripping up his tormentor on the edge of the area.

Before the break, Said Benrahma pinged two efforts at goal against his former club, the second of which was more troubling for David Raya in goal, even if off target.

The Hammers had to improve and get Michail Antonio more involved in the second half. The striker won a free-kick off Zanka and Benrahma forced David Raya to tip over a wicked dead-ball strike. Bowen made Raya dash out to snuff out another half-chance.

It was the prelude to a spell of home pressure at long last. Pablo Fornals had a shot blocked and Vladimir Coufal almost converted on the follow-up.

The Bees tried to slow the tempo and that caused a frustrated David Moyes to wrestle the ball off Zanka near the touchline after the ball had gone dead – ref Peter Bankes having a word with the Hammers’ boss.

The urgency caught on. From an Aaron Cresswell corner, Pinnock could only half-clear and Bowen, lurking, crashed a half volley into the net. Soon after, Declan Rice lifted a chip up that Antonio and Thomas Soucek missed by a whisker.

A home win looked close then. But in the end, it was the visitors who walked off with all the points.

Hammers: (4-2-3-1) Fabianski – Coufal, Zouma, Ogbonna, Cresswell – Soucek, Rice – Bowen, Fornals (Vlasic 81), Benrahma – Antonio. Subs not used: Areola, Yarmolenko, Lanzini, Dawson, Diop, Masuaku, Johnson, Kral

Bees: (3-5-2) Raya – Zanka, Jansson, Pinnock – Canos, Onyeka (Bidstrup 81), Norgaard, Baptiste (Jensen 29), Henry – Mbeumo (Wissa 82), Toney. Subs not used: Fernandez, Goode, Forss, Ghoddos