Brentford fall agonisingly short of unique Premier League record by 16 seconds

Brentford’s incredible run of scoring early on continued as Nathan Collins headed his side into a second minute lead against Wolves.

But the defender’s effort was 16 seconds too late as the Bees came narrowly close to creating Premier League history.

Collins scored early on against Wolves to give Brentford an early leadGetty

Prior to Saturday’s 3pm kick-off, Brentford had scored inside a minute in their last three Premier League outings against Manchester City, Tottenham and West Ham.

It saw the west Londoners become the first Premier League side to find the back of the net in under 60 seconds in three successive matches.

And doing do a fourth time would have seen Thomas Frank’s side become the first to score four times inside a minute in a single season.

But they fell just short of creating history after Collins met Mikkel Damsdaard’s cross to head past Sam Johnstone.

It came just 16 seconds into the second minute.

Brentford’s early antics in recent games have proven to be a bad omen, with the club failing to hold onto their lead, resulting in two losses and one draw.

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