Drop zone relief and total belief

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The game was decided in the 61st minute when first Vitinho made a goalsaving tackle on Keane Lewis-potter, after giving away possession,

Burnley broke and Wilson Odobert slipped in Fofana for his fourth goal in eight games.

Brentford’s 10 men battled back and Ajer gave them hope, heading home off the far post on 81 minutes from Shandon Baptiste’s cross.

The Bees sensed a point but Muric held Lewis-potter’s header before a 96th-minute was chalked off for a foul by Toney on Muric.

VINCENT Kompany stressed Burnley have “total belief” after his relegationthreatened side beat 10-man Brentford for their first win in 11 league games.

The Belgian boss (below) said: “It feels great and we have to celebrate. It’s a day where we won, we got the points and the way we’ll handle this is really enjoy this moment today and then tomorrow we go back to work.

“We started hard on the front foot, we created situations and forced mistake. We won duels, were aggressive and then after that I think for large spells we did exactly what we have to do against 10 men. “There’s never been a lack of belief. For us, we have total belief, full belief.” Brentford boss Thomas Frank, whose side are winless in six and four points above the drop zone, was unhappy no spot-kick was given to the Bees after Fofana tangled with Mathias Jorgensen, an incident he called a “murder in the box.”

Frank said: “There’s a clear pen, how the referee and VAR cannot see that, is incredible.”