Brentford: Keith Andrews leads the Bees closer to Europe with a 4-3 win over Burnley

Brentford and Burnley Producing a classic Premier League side, the Bees emerged 4-3 winners in an edge-of-the-seat thriller.

They blew a three-goal lead before midfielder Mikkel Damsgaard’s 93rd-minute goal helped them past Burnley, but that was far from the end of the drama at Turf Moor.

Clarets striker Ashley Barnes thought he had equalized in the 98th minute, but the video assistant referee disallowed the goal due to a handball, which took four minutes and two different angles to confirm.

It was not the straightforward win Brentford manager Keith Andrews was hoping for as he celebrated signing a new contract until 2032 this week.

“It had a little bit of everything,” Andrews told the BBC. “The neutrals will be very happy, but for me it is very exciting.”

However, the brave win moves Brentford to seventh in the table, five points behind fifth-placed Liverpool.

With just 10 games remaining in the season, it means Brentford are closer than ever to playing in Europe for the first time.

“Definitely they can start dreaming about European football,” Steph Houghton, former England women’s captain, told the BBC.

“They believe in who they are and there is a real humility about them.”

Former Arsenal and England defender Martin Keown said: “It’s the next step. Five points out of the top five is amazing. Who would have expected that?”

The impressive position in which Brentford find themselves is down to Andrews, who – it is easy to forget – is in his first season as manager.