Fosu’s sting in the tail gives Bees priceless win
THOMAS FRANK strolled on to the pitch at the final whistle and made a beeline for Tariqe Fosu to plant a kiss on his forehead and a slap on his back Brentford’s manager fully understood the importance of Fosu’s late winner to a Championship promotion race shaping up to be a thriller It meant a sweet 16 matches unbeaten for Brentford, a brilliant run that has bolstered their promotion prospects and guided them into the semi-finals of the Carabao Cup What’s more, it underlined the strength in depth in Frank’s squad Fosu spends most of his time on the bench but picked the perfect moment to score his first goal of the season In such a hectic season, matchwinning substitutes are priceless Fosu was perfectly positioned to convert Bryan Mbeumo’s splendid cross with 11 minutes left and settle an entertaining skirmish between two sides full of quality ‘Tariqe deserves a lot of praise, he is always ready,’ said Frank ‘He was thinking like a striker, it shows we have goals in the team ‘We played with togetherness No team in the world is achieving anything without togetherness ’ Bournemouth took a deserved lead when Dominic Solanke tucked home Lloyd Kelly’s cross from close range but Henrik Dalsgaard headed in from Mathias Jensen’s corner to equalise 12 minutes later ‘The frustrating thing is that we started the game very well, we created excellent opportunities and didn’t take them,’ said Cherries boss Jason Tindall ‘We got punished for the two defensive errors we made ’