Brentford come from behind twice to rescue draw against Crystal Palace

[p]In a game that could have seismic consequences for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a]’s European challenge, the Bees got off to a disastrous start.[/p][p]The opening five minutes saw [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouattara-dango/GvqREHp3/"]Dango Ouattara[/a] squander a glorious opportunity when he blazed an effort over, and he was made to rue that miss just a minute later when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/sarr-ismaila/ll2uTDkB/"]Ismaila Sarr[/a] was brought down in the area by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kelleher-caoimhin/4S8JqWN0/"]Caoimhin Kelleher[/a] to earn his side a penalty.[/p][p]Subsequently, the Senegalese international dusted himself down and nonchalantly converted the spot-kick to equal Andy Johnson’s club record of 21 goals in all competitions in a PL season.[/p][p]He almost had that record outright around the quarter-hour mark when a swift [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/crystal-palace/AovF1Mia/"]Palace[/a] counter ended with Sarr crashing an effort against the post.[/p][p]Without checking the league table, it was Palace who looked like the side pushing for Europe here, and they then hit the woodwork for a second time when Sarr teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/larsen-jorgen/lQ5EYyWg/"]Jorgen Strand Larsen[/a], who curled an effort against the far post.[/p][p]An end-to-end game had another twist before half-time when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/andrews-keith/OjJhW3k1/"]Keith Andrews[/a]’ men got back on level terms, and it was no surprise that Ouattara grabbed it, creeping in at the back post where [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/canvot-jaydee/fPUrL2AL/"]Jaydee Canvot[/a]’s unfortunate headed clearance ricocheted in off the Burkina Faso international.[/p][image alt="Momentum" id="dcfd3252-23f2-47d7-b68b-69bc389b22d8" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="8d9b806f-e4ac-4b42-ac57-fe387f6ea2bb" original-width="1920" original-height="1080" /][p]Nevertheless, that blow didn’t see Palace relent in their approach, and their early pressure in the second half yielded immediate rewards when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/munoz-daniel/4vZVW6Ur/"]Daniel Munoz[/a] teed up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/wharton-adam/v5IYUpDm/"]Adam Wharton[/a] on the edge of the area, and his wicked drive squirmed beneath Kelleher - remarkably, that was the England international's first goal for the club in his 94th appearance.[/p][p]Despite making an attacking change and introducing [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schade-kevin/GOPUXXvG/"]Kevin Schade[/a], Brentford struggled to make inroads in an attacking sense, and had Kelleher to thank for not falling further behind when he got fingertips to Sarr’s cross to deny [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mateta-jean-philippe/nsFUj6GN/"]Jean-Philippe Mateta[/a] what would’ve been a certain goal at the far post.[/p][p]It wasn’t all plain sailing for Palace, though, who had to contend with a string of defensive injuries ahead of their upcoming UEFA Conference League final, and they were ultimately undone by a long throw which was flicked on by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/van-den-berg-sepp/6X0pS3GR/"]Sepp van den Berg[/a] and headed home at the far post by Outtara.[/p][p]Those late blows not only give [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/glasner-oliver/CznGurCt/"]Oliver Glasner[/a] a headache ahead of their European final, but also saw the Eagles miss the chance to complete a first H2H double over the Bees since 1957/58.[/p][p]Brentford’s continental push, meanwhile, will go down to the final day, but with just one win in nine PL games, they can hardly profess to be in pole position.[/p][image alt="Match stats" id="d4f94447-a1b8-4973-8ebb-6ec4b4c65047" credit-line="Opta by StatsPerform" guid="026d9134-e736-4c44-b7db-838cdf3d2f03" original-width="1080" original-height="1080" /][p][b]Flashscore Man of the Match: [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/ouattara-dango/GvqREHp3/"]Dango Ouattara[/a] ([a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brentford/xYe7DwID/"]Brentford[/a])[/b][/p][p][b][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brentford-xYe7DwID/crystal-palace-AovF1Mia/?mid=MF2Xj8on"]Get all the match stats here with Flashscore.[/a][/b][/p]