When Brentford missed their first couple of chances, Thomas Frank applauded his approval and encouragement. But they kept missing them: by the end of the first half his head was in his hands; by the time Yoane Wissa somehow shot into Nathan Aké with the goal at his mercy and 20 minutes remaining he was prostrate, forehead pressed into the turf in supplication. Maybe someone was listening.
Phil Foden had opened the scoring moments earlier, and shortly afterwards he tapped in the rebound after Savinho’s shot was saved to apparently make the game safe. Instead the pendulum swung: Mads Roerslev’s volleyed centre found Wissa all alone on the edge of the six-yard box to pull a goal back, and in stoppage time Christian Nørgaard headed in from Keane Lewis-Potter’s cross. In the end it took Aké’s goalline clearance from Bryan Mbeumo’s shot to ensure City ended this wildly entertaining encounter with a point.
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