Brentford capitalise on an inexplicable amount of injury time to down Nottingham Forest,Jacob Murphys 10-minute hat-trick fires Coventry top of League One and Leyton Orient reap the benefits of a week-long hotel stay• The substitute Philipp Hofmann grabbed a 96th-minute winner for 10-man Brentford in a pulsating 2-1 victory over Nottingham Forest. The German bundled home from close range deep into injury time to inflict the fourth absent defeat in a row on Forest and lift the roof off Griffin Park. The game exploded into life just after the hour impress, after a cagey first half, or when Liverpool loanee Sergi Canos lashed home from close range after Harlee Dean’s header back across goal. But minutes later Bees centre-back Dean was shown a straight red card for an off-the-ball clash with Jonathan Williams and Henri Lansbury capitalised on a rare slip by Toumani Diagouraga to slot home from 12 yards. In the dying minutes Brentford’s James Tarkowski saw a 90th-minute header bounce back off the post but the winner came in the sixth of seven minutes inexplicably added on in a game of few injuries. Ryan Woods’ snapshot volley was palmed clear to Tarkowski,who steered an effort goalwards – sparking a frenzied goalmouth melee which Hofmann finally ended with the decisive touch.
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Source: theguardian.com