Brentford beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-3 in a pulsating Premier League encounter to head into the October international break on a high.

Nathan Collins, Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Nørgaard and Ethan Pinnock were on target for the Bees as six goals flew in before the break. Fábio Carvalho and Rayan Aït-Nouri netted late on in west London.

Thomas Frank made one change to the side that lined up against West Ham United the previous weekend: Nørgaard returned having recovered from a minor injury and Carvalho dropped to the bench.

It was a slow start to the game by Brentford’s recent standards. The Bees had scored in the opening 60 seconds of their last three fixtures, but it took until the second minute to find the net against Wolves.

Mikkel Damsgaard lifted the ball into the six-yard box from the byline and Collins rose highest to head home against his former employers.

Seconds after the restart, Mbeumo hung up a cross to the back post, which was met by Keane Lewis-Potter, and Sam Johnstone scrambled across his line to push the header to safety.

The visitors then levelled: Nélson Semedo pulled the ball back for Matheus Cunha who fired beyond Mark Flekken from the centre of the box.

Sepp van den Berg and Nørgaard had efforts blocked, while Semedo cleared the crossbar with a shot from 20 yards, to conclude a frantic opening 10 minutes.

On 17 minutes, as a corner was swung in from the right, Mario Lemina dragged down Collins just outside the six-yard box.

Referee Andrew Madley allowed play to continue despite the defender’s protests, but the game was eventually paused, and the Bees were awarded a penalty after a VAR check.

Mbeumo stuttered during his run-up to encourage Johnstone to commit and rolled the ball into the bottom corner, sending the keeper the wrong way.

André and Toti both went for goal from distance – the first effort held by Flekken and the second fizzing narrowly wide of the far post – as Wolves went in search of an equaliser.

But the visitors weren’t to be denied. Collins’ loose pass allowed left-back Aït-Nouri to pick up the ball in an advanced position, and his low cross was turned in by Jørgen Strand Larsen who had got goal side of Pinnock.

Brentford re-took the lead two minutes later. Lemina gave the ball away cheaply and Mbeumo found Vitaly Janelt with a lofted pass.

Janelt teed up fellow midfielder Nørgaard and the captain beat Johnstone with a close-range finish.

Brentford remained on the front foot: Kevin Schade connected with Lewis-Potter’s cross from the byline but nodded straight at Johnstone and Pinnock’s looping header from Mbeumo’s corner landed on the roof of the net.

At the other end, Aït-Nouri again delivered from the left, but Lemina misjudged the flight of the ball and didn’t connect cleanly with a diving header, which bounced wide.

Pinnock extended Brentford’s lead in the second minute of stoppage time. Damsgaard spotted the defender unmarked at a corner and he picked him out with a perfect delivery, which was headed beyond Johnstone.

10 minutes after the restart, Janelt beat Gomes with a superb piece of skill and switched to Mbeumo on the right.

The forward worked the ball inside to Nørgaard, who strode towards the edge of the box and let fly. Johnstone parried the captain’s effort and then leapt to his feet to save Janelt’s attempt on the rebound.

Janelt then burst into space, latched on to Lewis-Potter’s perfectly weighted pass and his driven cross from the left narrowly evaded a queue of Bees players inside the six-yard box.

Aït-Nouri turned the ball out for a corner, which was taken by Mbeumo, met by Pinnock and punched away by Johnstone.

Craig Dawson turned the ball out for another corner with van den Berg lurking as the Bees turned up the pressure.

Lemina’s strike from 25 yards was tipped over by Flekken, before Brentford came again.

A quick transition saw Schade released beyond the Wolves backline by the outstanding Damsgaard, but Johnstone darted off his line to deny the forward.

Johnstone held van den Berg’s header and, at the other end, substitute Gonçalo Guede’s volley flashed narrowly wide of the post.

The sides then traded chances again: Mbeumo curled a free-kick over the crossbar from 20 yards and Dawson’s glancing header was held by Flekken.

There was still time for two more goals at the Gtech.

Johnstone got his fingertips to Lewis-Potter’s low cross from the left, but Carvalho was perfectly placed to bundle over the line from close range.

Aït-Nouri then drove into the box and fired hard and low through Flekken’s legs to pull one back for the visitors.

Yunus Konak came close to a first Premier League goal in the final seconds, but his side-footed effort dropped just the wrong side of the post.

Brentford: Flekken; van den Berg, Collins, Pinnock, Ajer (Roerslev 90+2); Nørgaard (Yarmoliuk 77), Janelt, Damsgaard (Konak 90+2); Lewis-Potter, Schade (Carvalho 77), Mbeumo

Subs not used: Valdimarsson, Mee, Meghoma, Trevitt, Ji-soo

Wolverhampton Wanderers: Johnstone; Semedo, Dawson, Toti, Aït-Nouri; André (Hwang 57); Forbs (Guedes 67), Lemina, J Gomes (Bellegarde 77), Cunha; Strand Larsen

Subs not used: Sá, Doherty, Bueno, S Gomes, Doyle, Sarabia

Attendance: 16,960

Frank: We looked like we'd score every time we went forward!

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank was delighted with his side's attacking performance against Wolves, as the Bees hit five at Gtech Community Stadium.

He said: "Everything for the fans, huh? It's all about entertainment!

"But, no, our offensive performance today: wow... wow. It looked like we would score a goal every time we went forward and every time we had a set-piece! I was very pleased with that part of our game.

"The fact we did that without Yoane Wissa and Igor Thiago - our No.9s or main goalscorers - is even more impressive.

"We should defend a bit better in certain situations: the first one definitely, the third one maybe, the second one was good play from Wolves.

"But we're on 10 points, we're in the next round of the Carabao Cup, and we want to keep on pushing."

Pinnock: It was a crazy game

Defender Ethan Pinnock described Brentford’s 5-3 victory over Wolves as “crazy” and admitted he was surprised to find himself unmarked during the corner routine that led to his goal late in the second half.

“Overall, we did really well,” he said.

“We limited them and what we gave away, they punished us for. That’s something we’ve got to look at.

“We had good control in spells. Going forward we were creative and made the most of our chances.”

On his goal, Pinnock added: “I realised no one was marking me, so instead of going deep into the six-yard box I kind of pulled out.

“The two boys in front of me made a run, and that left the space to attack the ball.”