Brentford earned their first Premier League away win 2-0 with West Ham
The visitors, who lost their opening three away league matches, were by far the better side as goals from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen sank a woeful Hammers outfit who remain 19th in the table.
Brentford took a fully deserved lead in the 43rd minute when the hosts failed to deal with a long ball forwards.
Kevin Schade nudged the ball to Thiago and his shot just had enough power to creep over the line, despite Alphonse Areola getting a hand to it.
Thiago thought he had got a second goal for Brentford just before half-time, only for it to be correctly ruled off for offside, with officials having to use last season’s format of drawing lines on the screen due to the semi-automated offside technology not working after a major worldwide technology outage
West Ham were booed off at half-time, with Nuno showing anger at his side’s performance by making three defensive substitutions at the break.
But Brentford continued to dominate and should have had a second goal just after the hour mark, only for Schade to powerfully head against the crossbar from five yards out when unmarked.
The Hammers never seriously threatened an equaliser in the second half and Bees substitute Jensen sealed victory by blasting the ball into the roof of the net in the fourth minute of stoppage time.
West Ham’s players were again booed off again at the final whistle as Brentford took the victory.
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