Substitute Josh Dasilva struck in stoppage-time to complete Brentford’s turnaround against Nottingham Forest on Saturday afternoon.

The away side looked set to earn a huge three points in their relegation battle, holding the lead as the clock ticked past 80 minutes thanks to Renan Lodi’s close-range goal late in the first half.

But Ivan Toney’s free-kick snuck past Keylor Navas for his 20th goal of the Premier League season before Dasilva sparked wild celebrations at the Gtech Community Stadium with his winner.

The goal was all of Dasilva’s doing, the attacker driving inside Morgan Gibbs-White and then flashing a shot beyond Navas at his near post to register back-to-back league wins for Thomas Frank’s Bees.

Frank makes four changes and switches to 4-3-3

Returning to home soil, Frank made four changes and reverted to a back four following the 2-0 midweek win at Chelsea.

Aaron Hickey, Mikkel Damsgaard, Kevin Schade and Bryan Mbeumo came in; Mads Roerslev, Frank Onyeka, Zanka and Yoane Wissa dropped to the bench.

Forest also picked up three points in midweek, and they made one change from that victory over Brighton and Hove Albion, as Joe Worrall replaced the injured Neco Williams in defence.

Brentford: Raya; Hickey, Pinnock, Mee, Henry (Wissa 60); Janelt (Onyeka 71), Jensen (Baptiste 71), Damsgaard (Dasilva 60); Mbeumo, Schade (Ghoddos 77), Toney

Subs not used: Cox, Zanka, Roerslev, Stevens

Nottingham Forest: Navas; Worrall, Felipe, Niakhate; Aurier, Mangala (Yates 81), Danilo, Lodi; Johnson (Kouyate 65), Gibbs-White; Awoniyi (Ayew 54)

Subs not used: Hennessey, Lingard, Toffolo, Surridge, Freuler, Dennis

Attendance: 17,080

Brentford behind at the break after Danilo’s stoppage-time strike

Brentford settled quickly in the west London sunshine, enjoying plenty of possession in the early stages. Forest for their part had Serge Aurier and Renan Lodi drop deeper to create a wall of yellow-shirted defenders that the Bees struggled to get through.

Much of Brentford’s possession was in areas that didn’t hurt Steve Cooper’s side, but they were getting joy from set-pieces.

From Ethan Pinnock’s knock-down, Damsgaard had a shot blocked on the edge of the box while Ben Mee flicked an Mbuemo corner into the arms of Navas.

In between, Mbuemo’s curling effort from the edge of the box had nearly squirmed through the arms of the Costa Rican goalkeeper.

With Orel Mangala and Danilo screening in front of Forest’s backline, it was left to Brennan Johnson, Gibbs-White and Taiwo Awoniyi to carry their attacking threat. Awoniyi was the focal point with Gibbs-White and Johnson proving the pace in behind.

The middle stages of the half were befitting of a sunny Bank Holiday weekend with neither side able to force the pace, but the game did kick into life as the interval approached.

Rico Henry flicked an Mbeumo free-kick just past the post and Schade nodded into the arms of Navas before Brentford’s big chance of the half came. Again, it was from a set-piece; Pinnock’s prodded effort was kept out by Navas and Damsgaard was unable to sort his feet quickly enough to force the bouncing ball beyond the prone keeper from close range.

When Mee flicked another header from a set-piece into the arms of Navas it looked like the first half would end goalless. However, with their first effort on target, Forest took the lead.

A long throw was half cleared to Gibbs-White on the edge of the box and his deflected effort dropped perfectly for the unmarked Lodi to fire past Raya and home from eight yards.

Toney and Dasilva on target as Brentford mount second-half comeback

With something to hold onto, Forest set about making the second half as frustrating as possible.

Dropping deep and protecting their box, it took until the introduction of Dasilva and Wissa on the hour for Brentford to fashion a chance; Dasilva’s first touch was to volley a loose ball goalwards only for Andre Ayew to make the block.

Forest could then have doubled their advantage on the break but Gibbs-White shot tamely at Raya from the edge of the box.

The visitors were then dealt a blow when Johnson was forced off with injury 25 minutes from time.

The game broke down even more as the minutes ticked by. A succession of Forest players required treatment, meaning Brentford were never able to build up a head of steam.

A pair of acrobatic efforts from centre-backs, Moussa Niakhate for Forest and Mee for Brentford, were the sum of the efforts on goal before Brentford’s equaliser.

Substitute Frank Onyeka was felled 30 yards from goal. Toney stepped up and bent his free-kick round the wall, Navas hurried across his line to get hands to it but could only push the ball onto the post, back onto his body and in.

And Brentford weren’t done there. The Bees were helped when Danilo was forced off through injury as the game ticked towards the 90. Having used all their substitution windows, Steve Cooper’s side went down to 10 and Brentford seized their chance.

Navas made a superb reaction save to divert Onyeka’s deflected shot to safety and Hickey drove a low effort inches past the post but, four minutes into seven added, the winner came.

Onyeka was involved again, spreading the ball out to Dasilva on the touchline. The attacker breezed inside Gibbs-White and drove into a shooting position on the right side of the area. With everyone expecting him to shoot across Navas, he wrapped his foot around the ball and whipped a finish just inside the near post.

The celebrations were wild but quiet descended on the Gtech Community Stadium as a VAR check for offside appeared on the big screen. The lines were drawn and Wissa, who the ball fizzed past on its way in, was found to be onside by the barest of margins.

A blow of Peter Bankes’ whistle and a point to the centre circle saw the celebrations resume as the goal was confirmed.

Having fought so hard to hold what they had, Forest couldn’t muster a response in the minutes which remained, Brentford seeing out a first home win in four with little alarm.

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