Manchester City may be just 180 minutes from history, and will be thankful the final 90 of their Premier League season passed without incident bar Brentford becoming the only team to do the double over them.
Ethan Pinnock’s goal was came late, the ball nodded into his path by Bryan Mbeumo after Kevin Schade’s cross, and it crowned a fine season for Brentford. Jeopardy had already been removed, Brentford relying on Aston Villa and Tottenham’s results to potentially seize the outside chance of crowning the finest season in the club’s modern history with a place in next season’s Europa Conference League.
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