Brentford 3 West Ham 0: Thiago scores 25th goal of the season in impressive Bees win

The hosts took the lead on 15 minutes after some brilliant play from Keane Lewis-Potter on the left wing. The former Hull City man beat his old team-mate Jarrod Bowen before whipping a superb ball to the far post. Michael Kayode charged in to meet it and, after the ball struck the post and rebounded back towards the right-back, Mavropanos was forced to turn it into his own net.

The Hammers hit the post almost immediately after the kick-off. A cross from El Hadji Malick Diouf was controlled well by Taty Castellanos, who wriggled into some space and bent a side-footed effort towards the corner, which clipped the outside of the woodwork.

And they thought they had equalised on 21 minutes, when Mavropanos headed in from inside the six-yard box. A cross was played towards the far side of the box and was met by the centre-back, but he had mistimed his run and VAR ruled the goal out for offside.

An action-packed start continued when Mikkel Damsgaard was left wondering how he hadn't made it 2-0. Yehor Yarmoliuk clipped a teasing ball over the top, which Mads Hermansen came out of his box to head away, but only as far as his compatriot. The midfielder drove towards what was now an open goal and took aim from the edge of the box; his shot beat the recovering defenders, but drifted just wide of the post.

Taty was denied by the frame of the goal again on the half-hour mark, when his header from a corner looped towards the back post and bounced back off the woodwork, before the Bees gratefully cleared away.

Another fantastic chance came and went, this time for Brentford. Mathias Jensen found space on the edge of the box and clipped a pinpoint pass to the far post, where Lewis-Potter had pushed forward to meet it. His close-range header was stopped well by Hermansen’s trailing leg, before Mavropanos cleared off the line.

Sepp van den Berg was inches away from his first goal of the season with a header of his own from a Kayode long throw, as he glanced just wide of the West Ham goal.

Taty had his third decent effort of the game when he picked up the ball in space and, 30 yards out, sent a thumping effort towards goal. It swerved towards Kelleher, who did well to beat it over the bar.

Brentford won a penalty in the 52nd minute, as Ouattara was brought down inside the area. The forward squared up Diouf, before skipping past him and going down under the West Ham man's sliding tackle.

Thiago stepped up, stuttered, sent Hermansen the wrong way, and netted his 22nd goal and eighth penalty of the league season.

Ouattara had a similar chance to the one he almost scored within the opening minute, as he looked to bend one past the Hammers keeper and into the bottom corner; just like his previous attempt, it went inches wide.

West Ham hit the woodwork for the fourth time of the afternoon, when Crysencio Summerville weaved his way into the Brentford box and curled towards the top corner, but his effort bounced back down off the crossbar. Yarmoliuk slipped as he attempted to clear, bringing down Pablo in the process, but the referee waved away the penalty appeals.

It was 3-0 to Brentford with 10 minutes to play. A good passage of play saw Lewis-Potter and Jensen combine on opposite sides of the pitch, before the former passed to Damsgaard, who spun away from the West Ham defender and passed the ball delectably into the bottom corner.

As the game ticked into added time, Kaye Furo was brought on for his Premier League debut, while Josh Dasilva came on for his first appearance in 822 days, receiving a deafening applause from the Gtech.

The midfielder helped see out the victory for Andrews' side - who also secured their 10th clean sheet of the season on Saturday - with the three points taking them up to sixth in the Premier League table.

Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode, van den Berg, Collins, Lewis-Potter (Hickey 90); Yarmoliuk, Jensen, Damsgaard (Dasilva 90); Schade (Ajer 80), Thiago, Ouattara (Furo 90)

Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Nelson, Janelt, Donovan

West Ham (4-3-2-1): Hermansen; Walker-Peters (Wan-Bissaka 65), Mavropanos, Disasi, Diouf (Adama 75); Souček, Fernandes; Bowen (Magassa 88), Pablo, Summerville (Scarles 88); Taty (Wilson 65)

Subs: Areola, Lamadrid, Todibo, Kanté

Attendance: 17,194