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Defender Ben Mee went close to opening the scoring for Brentford in the first halfBrentford missed out on a place in next season's Europa Conference League despite Ethan Pinnock's late goal earning the Bees a narrow victory over Premier League champions Manchester City.
The Bees needed to win and hope that Aston Villa and Tottenham both dropped points to clinch a seventh-place finish, but Unai Emery's side beat Brighton while Spurs cruised to victory over Leeds at Elland Road.
Pinnock, who signed a new four-year contract with the club on Saturday, sent a low drive into the bottom corner after Kevin Schade's teasing cross was headed into his path by Bryan Mbeumo.
Cole Palmer forced David Raya into a one-handed save early in the first half, before Ben Mee and Vitaly Janelt went close for the home side at the other end.
Brentford felt they should have been awarded a penalty after half-time when the ball appeared to strike Rico Lewis' arm following a goalmouth scramble, but VAR failed to intervene.
The defeat ends City's 25-match unbeaten run across all competitions.
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Brentford
Squad number1Player nameRaya
Squad number2Player nameHickey
Squad number13Player nameM Jorgensen
Squad number5Player namePinnock
Squad number16Player nameMee
Squad number3Player nameHenry
Squad number24Player nameDamsgaard
Squad number27Player nameJanelt
Squad number15Player nameOnyeka
Squad number19Player nameMbeumo
Squad number11Player nameWissa
Squad number9Player nameSchade
Squad number10Player nameDasilva
Squad number14Player nameGhoddos
Squad number26Player nameBaptiste
Squad number30Player nameRoerslev
Manchester City
Squad number31Player nameEderson
Squad number6Player nameAké
Squad number14Player nameLaporte
Squad number2Player nameWalker- Squad number82Player nameLewis
- Squad number4Player namePhillips
Squad number47Player nameFoden- Squad number80Player namePalmer
Squad number26Player nameMahrez- Squad number21Player nameGómez
- Squad number19Player nameÁlvarez
- Squad number62Player nameCharles
Line-ups
Brentford
Formation 5-3-2
- 1Raya
- 2HickeySubstituted forDasilvaat 70'minutes
- 13M JorgensenBooked at 84mins
- 5Pinnock
- 16Mee
- 3Henry
- 24DamsgaardBooked at 65minsSubstituted forSchadeat 70'minutes
- 27JaneltBooked at 77mins
- 15OnyekaSubstituted forBaptisteat 81'minutes
- 19MbeumoSubstituted forGhoddosat 89'minutes
- 11WissaBooked at 55minsSubstituted forRoerslevat 89'minutes
Substitutes
- 9Schade
- 10Dasilva
- 14Ghoddos
- 20Ajer
- 22Strakosha
- 26Baptiste
- 30Roerslev
- 33Stevens
- 35Trevitt
Man City
Formation 3-2-4-1
- 31Ederson
- 6AkéSubstituted forCharlesat 63'minutes
- 14Laporte
- 2Walker
- 82Lewis
- 4Phillips
- 47Foden
- 80Palmer
- 26Mahrez
- 21Gómez
- 19Álvarez
Substitutes
- 5Stones
- 8Gündogan
- 9Haaland
- 16Rodri
- 18Ortega
- 20Bernardo Silva
- 62Charles
- 93Robertson
- 96Knight
Referee:John Brooks
Attendance:17,120
Live Text
Match ends, Brentford 1, Manchester City 0.
Second Half ends, Brentford 1, Manchester City 0.
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Saman Ghoddos (Brentford).
Attempt missed. Kyle Walker (Manchester City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Rico Lewis.
Attempt blocked. Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
Corner, Manchester City. Conceded by Zanka.
Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) left footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Gómez.
Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
Attempt blocked. Cole Palmer (Manchester City) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Sergio Gómez.
Substitution, Brentford. Mads Roerslev replaces Yoane Wissa.
Substitution, Brentford. Saman Ghoddos replaces Bryan Mbeumo.
Goal! Brentford 1, Manchester City 0. Ethan Pinnock (Brentford) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bryan Mbeumo with a headed pass following a set piece situation.
Zanka (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Foul by Rico Lewis (Manchester City).
Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Substitution, Brentford. Shandon Baptiste replaces Frank Onyeka.
Rico Lewis (Manchester City) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
Foul by Ben Mee (Brentford).
Vitaly Janelt (Brentford) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
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