Igor Thiago scored a late double as Brentford came from behind to defeat Newcastle United and extend the visitors’ miserable Premier League record on the road.
Harvey Barnes had put Newcastle ahead in the first half at the Gtech Community Stadium after lashing the ball through the legs of goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher from inside the box.
But Brentford came roaring back after the break and the hosts drew level through Kevin Schade’s header after Sven Botman could only flick Michael Kayode’s long throw across the box to the forward, who nodded home.
It was Brentford, rather than Newcastle, who pushed for a winner and the hosts were awarded a spot-kick by referee Stuart Attwell when Dan Burn took down Dango Ouattara inside the box.
Burn, who was relieved to avoid punishment after fouling Ouattara inside the box only a few minutes earlier, was sent off after being shown a second yellow card.
It fell to substitute Aaron Ramsdale, on his first league appearance for Newcastle, to try to save Thiago’s penalty after a groggy Pope went off following an awkward landing.
But the goalkeeper’s first act of the afternoon was to pick the ball out of the net after Thiago coolly sent him the wrong way from the spot.
There was still time for Thiago to add another after Malick Thiaw failed to deal with a through ball and the Brentford striker finished past Ramsdale once again.
Newcastle, who have slipped to 14th place, have now failed to win an away league game since April.
