Mbeumo pounces in injury time to rescue point for Bees
Brentford 2 Bournemouth 2
An added-time goal from Bryan Mbeumo gave Brentford a 2-2 draw against Bournemouth in the Premier League.
An early goal from Mathias Jansen was cancelled out by the visitors' Dominic Solanke and David Brooks, before Mbeumo struck at the end to give Thomas Frank's men a point.
Andoni Iraola's Bournemouth picked up their first away point of the season but will feel hard done by after a positive display at Gtech Community Stadium.
Brentford piled on the pressure early on and Cherries goalkeeper Neto rushed out of his box and brought down last week's scorer Kevin Schade to give the hosts an opportunity from a free-kick.
And the hosts converted their opportunity and took a 1-0 lead in the seventh minute. Jensen looked set to cross the ball into the box but his quick thinking saw the Dane shoot at Neto's near post, the Brazilian scrambled in an attempt to keep out the effort but VAR ruled the ball had crossed the line.
The Cherries sought a leveller through Ryan Christie in the 18th minute. The Scot slalomed his way through red and white shirts but his run was bizarrely intercepted by team-mate Solanke before he could test Mark Flekken from yards out.
And, testament to Frank's fast-paced football, Brentford instantly responded through Vitaly Janelt who picked out Schade, who was only prevented from doubling the lead by a post.
The end-to-end nature of the game continued in the 30th minute as the Cherries levelled through Solanke.
Marcos Senesi returned to Iraola's starting XI and the Argentinian's curved through-ball found the composed Solanke, who beat his marker before finishing in front of the away fans.
Frank's decision to proceed with a back-four for a third consecutive league game paid
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