The new season may be upon us but there had been a sense of deja vu in west London until Yoane Wissa’s late winner sealed victory for Brentford against Crystal Palace for the first time in almost 50 years.
The past three editions of this fixture had all finished in a 1-1 draw and this match on Sunday had seemed destined to follow suit, after Ethan Pinnock’s own goal had cancelled out Bryan Mbeumo’s opener in the first half and Eberechi Eze’s free‑kick at 0-0 was bizarrely ruled out.
