When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad and impending fatherhood, scored a fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. Instead, the club’s quest to reach European football for the first time in their history received a severe jolt.

Wolves have gone 330 days without an away win, to remain the last of the 92 league clubs to not break their duck but showed continued signs of life, of fighting to rescue pride from impending doom. When Tolu Arokodare’s goal levelled the scores at 2-2, Wolves were much the likelier to win, and the same player soon headed against the crossbar. Brentford might have been within a point of Chelsea, only to lose their mojo against the team who, despite relegation being a near certainty, refuse to accept their fate.

When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad and impending fatherhood, scored a fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. Instead, the club’s quest to reach European football for the first time in their history received a severe jolt.

Wolves have gone 330 days without an away win, to remain the last of the 92 league clubs to not break their duck but showed continued signs of life, of fighting to rescue pride from impending doom. When Tolu Arokodare’s goal levelled the scores at 2-2, Wolves were much the likelier to win, and the same player soon headed against the crossbar. Brentford might have been within a point of Chelsea, only to lose their mojo against the team who, despite relegation being a near certainty, refuse to accept their fate.

When Igor Thiago, celebrating his first call-up to the Brazil squad and impending fatherhood, scored a fourth goal in four games, the second of their first-half stroll, Brentford were cruising to the shoulders of Chelsea and Liverpool. Instead, the club’s quest to reach European football for the first time in their history received a severe jolt.

Wolves have gone 330 days without an away win, to remain the last of the 92 league clubs to not break their duck but showed continued signs of life, of fighting to rescue pride from impending doom. When Tolu Arokodare’s goal levelled the scores at 2-2, Wolves were much the likelier to win, and the same player soon headed against the crossbar. Brentford might have been within a point of Chelsea, only to lose their mojo against the team who, despite relegation being a near certainty, refuse to accept their fate.