Brentford bowed out of the FA Cup in the third round following a 2-1 defeat to west London rivals Fulham on Sunday at Bedfont Sports Club.
Nothing could split the sides in the opening 45 minutes as the teams went into the break at 0-0. Fulham started the second half well and got themselves ahead, but the Bees showed great fight to bounce back with Chloe Logie levelling the scoreline. However, the visitors led again almost instantly, as Made Parsonson's goal sealed the win for the Cottagers.
Karleigh Osborne named an unchanged starting XI to the side which beat London Seaward in the second round of the competition.
The Bees played a back three which consisted of Caroline Englehard, Regan Graver and Samantha Read, with Maddie Phillips and Chloe Webb utilised as wing-backs. Captain Mollie Holmes partnered Freya Worsley in centre-midfield, while Nikki Woods played behind Chloe Logie and Ashley Cheatley.
Fulham started the game the better of the two teams and had a chance early on when Eva Newman fired at goal, but her effort went over the bar.
The visitors saw another chance come 10 minutes in when Stella Gandee Morgan found Ellie Olds with a cross, but the striker's attempted volley went wide.
The Bees began to grow into the match and nearly found themselves ahead following a stroke of luck. A Chloe Webb cross from the left flank was blown towards goal by the wind, but narrowly went over the bar.
The home side had two incredible chances on the half-hour mark, with the first falling to Ashley Cheatley whose shot from a tight angle went inches wide.
The ball was kept in play and fell to Nikki Woods on the edge of the box, as the attacking midfielder played a perfect pass through to Logie but the striker's lifted shot went over.
Evie Witek made some good saves in the opening half, but perhaps the best came on 37 minutes when she got down well to keep out Gamdee Morgan.
Fulham started the second half the better of the two sides and got themselves in front two minutes in after a well-placed header from Olds.
Woods had a great chance to equalise moments later when a Cheatley cross dropped to her, but the effort went straight at the keeper.
Witek made another smart stop just after the hour mark as Jess Jordan let fly from range, but the Brentford keeper was there again to make a top save.
The Bees got themselves on level terms on 72 minutes when a long ball over the top from Woods found Logie, who smashed the ball into the roof of the net, with the Brentford crowd erupting into noise.
Fulham regained their lead moments later though when Parsonson forced Witek into making a great save, but she smashed home the rebound.
Brentford continued to push forward in numbers in the remaining minutes of the game and had an excellent chance to equalise right at the end of the game, when Cheatley ran through on goal.
The striker did an incredible job to snatch the ball off a Fulham defender, but Amber Webber kept the ball out of the Fulham net.
The Cottagers displayed some good game management as they saw out their lead well, with the visitors proceeding through to the fourth round.
Brentford Women: Witek, Phillips, Graver, Engelhard, Holmes (Gjabiamila, 79), Logie, Webb (Matthews, 64), Woods, Cheatley, Worsley, Read (Potter, 57)
Subs not used: Holguin, Reid, Aboul Kheir, Troth, Walker
Fulham Women: Webber, Taguavini, Gane, Foreman, Olds, Parsonson, Gandee Morgan, Newman, Mendes, Beaver, Taylor
Subs: Gibbs, Stormer, Taylor-Makepeece, Roberts, Filder, Jordan
Attendance: 719
Osborne proud of his side's efforts in west London derby defeat
Brentford Women's head coach was left disappointed with his side's defeat to Fulham, but said he's incredibly proud of the journey his team went on in the FA Cup.