Late Thiago double earns comeback win for Brentford against 10-man Newcastle

<p>Something is seriously wrong with Newcastle on the road. It is all well and good raising their game for the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/05/newcastle-athletic-bilbao-champions-league-report">biggest Champions League occasions</a> at St James’ Park, but if they continue to play like they did against Brentford – just as they did in defeat at West Ham a week earlier, and countless times over a concerning number of months – those European nights may well become a distant memory.</p><p>That they ended this game with a numerical disadvantage after Dan Burn’s sending off was of little relevance to a defeat that they fully deserved. Harvey Barnes’s goal aside they were utterly impotent, offering only that solitary shot on target all match.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/nov/09/brentford-newcastle-premier-league-match-report">Continue reading...</a>