Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: Bryan Mbeumo and Kevin Schade net second-half goals as Bees return to winning ways at Selhurst Park
Crystal Palace 1-2 Brentford: Bryan Mbeumo and Kevin Schade net second-half goals as Bees return to winning ways at Selhurst Park
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As well as their love for Ian Wright, Crystal Palace and Arsenal fans can now say they have something else in common: a shared dislike for VAR Darren England. In his fan club, they are not. It was England who confirmed the straight red for Myles Lewis-Skelly on Saturday, and here, Selhurst Park was left ruing that Stockley Park influence as the rare occurrence of a retaken penalty ultimately pushed Oliver Glasner's side to a first Premier League loss since December.
![[Bryan Mbeumo's first penalty hit the post but VAR spotted encroachment in the box]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/16/94534085-14327123-image-a-34_1737908011507.jpg)
It was a spot-kick, without question, Maxence Lacroix giving Nathan Collins a good kicking to the shin. Bryan Mbeumo stepped up, struck the post, and Marc Guehi produced the clearance. But it was while Palace were celebrating that England noticed Guehi had encroached into the ‘D' of the box. Ordered as a retake, Mbeumo scored at the second go. Rules are rules, though that did not stop Palace's supporters from letting us all know their thoughts on VAR.
![[Mbeumo converted from the spot at the second time of asking to open the scoring]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/15/94532957-0-image-a-16_1737905802855.jpg)
It felt like a big let-off for Brentford. Not that they cared how they took the lead, so long as they did. Even before Mbeumo had began his run-up for his second spot-kick, Yoane Wissa was off, running towards the away end, arms wide in celebration, comically confident it was going in.
![[Brentford went on to double their advantage through Kevin Schade header after 80 minutes]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/16/94534063-14327123-image-a-35_1737908058608.jpg)
Brentford went on to double their advantage through Kevin Schade. Romain Esse, Palace’s new £14.5million signing from Millwall, made it 2-1 on his Premier League debut, but that strike was only a consolation for Glasner. Brentford returned to winning ways once again with a 2-1 victory over Crystal Palace.
![[Crystal Palace new boy Romain Esse halved the deficit on his debut for the Eagles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/26/16/94534101-14327123-image-a-36_1737908083495.jpg)
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