Wissa edges Brentford to win over Crystal Palace despite Toney absence
The new season may be upon us but there had been a sense of deja vu in west London until Yoane Wissa’s late winner sealed victory for Brentford over Crystal Palace for the first time in almost 50 years.
The past three editions of this fixture had all finished as 1-1 draws and this edition had seemed destined to follow suit after Ethan Pinnock’s own goal had cancelled out Bryan Mbeumo’s opener in the first half. But on an afternoon that Thomas Frank had taken the bold decision of leaving Ivan Toney out of his match day squad as the England striker attempts to engineer a move away, it was Wissa who proved to be the match winner when he forced the ball home from close range 14 minutes from time.
