Yoane Wissa was pleased with Brentford’s performance against Crystal Palace on the opening weekend of the 2024/25 Premier League campaign.

The DR Congo international assisted Bryan Mbeumo for the Bees’ opening goal, before scoring an instinctive winner in the second half.

“I’m very happy and very pleased with the performance,” he began.

“It was tough a game – it’s the first time we’ve won against them – so I’m pleased with the performance. It was a close game and today it went our way.”

Brentford took the lead just before the half-hour mark. Nørgaard, Wissa and Mbeumo combined superbly down the right and the latter raced towards goal. Marc Guéhi stepped across to halt Mbeumo and narrow the angle, but the forward cut in on his left foot and drove hard and low beyond Dean Henderson.

“Even blind, I know where Bryan is,” Wissa smiled. “He’s going one-on-one more, and he’ll be very happy he scored. I’m happy to work with him.”

Mbeumo’s left-footed finish was cancelled out by an Ethan Pinnock own goal after the break, but Wissa netted on 76 minutes to restore the west Londoners’ lead.

Mikkel Damsgaard crossed from the right and Nathan Collins, on the turn, got a shot away that took a slight deflection off Daniel Muñoz. Hendersen clawed the ball away but only on to Wissa’s foot and the ball trickled over the line.

“I think it’s my best goal ever,” Wissa laughed. “A cross from Dams, Collins shot and I followed.

“Like in training, follow, follow, follow every time. It was perfect timing. It just hit me!

“It’s difficult to stay onside, especially when you know someone is going to shoot. The keeper struggled to save it, and I am a striker so I have to sniff!”

Wissa said that he and his team-mates will relish a trip to Liverpool next weekend: “You never know what can happen. We must try to enjoy. We know they are a top team in the Premier League, but we will try to play. The main thing is to enjoy, because this is what we all dreamt of.”