Overview

• Referee Craig Pawson awarded a penalty for Nathan Collins pulling Bryan Mbeumo, with VAR confirming the spot-kick after checks for a potential red card.
• The Premier League Match Centre said Collins' yellow card stood because Mbeumo was not in control of the ball, ruling out denial of an obvious goal-scoring opportunity.
• Bruno Fernandes waited close to five minutes before taking the penalty, which Caoimhin Kelleher saved.
• Brentford made a double substitution—Keane Lewis-Potter and Rico Henry on for Dango Ouattara and Aaron Hickey—during the delay.
• TNT Sport co-commentator Lucy Ward suggested the timing of the substitutions was intentional to unsettle Fernandes, a claim that became a focal point in post-match discussion.