A dismal display from Fulham compounded by confirmation of Aleksandar Mitrovic’s departure for Saudi Arabia.

Bernd Leno: The German was largely blameless from this damaging derby defeat. He sprinted off his line to try and close down the angle after Issa Diop’s dreadful error gave Yoane Wissa a clear run on goal but proved helpless to prevent the Bees from taking the line. He seemed mesmorised by Bryan Mbuemo’s Toney-esque short run-up for the penalty and could do nothing about the third. He made a pair of excellent saves from Wissa and Mathias Jensen – otherwise it could have been worse. 6

Kenny Tete: The Dutch defender did well up against the threat of Kevin Schade and Rico Henry down Brentford’s left flank, but Fulham’s sedate first half showing meant he only made an impact in the final third once the Whites were chasing the game. Couldn’t be faulted for any of the goals during an afternoon to forget – and Fulham fans would do well to heed his appeal for unity following the final whistle. 6

Issa Diop: Nobody will know more than Diop how costly his error late in the first half was. His presentation of the ball to Wissa was woeful: it was too heavy for a first touch and too short to be the pass back to his goalkeeper that the Frenchman clearly intended. It smacked of a casualness that sometimes creeps into the centre half’s game and was a colossal mistake that the Whites never recovered from. 4

Tim Ream: The American looked rusty on the opening day and was always likely to struggle against the pure pace in Brentford’s attack. He was booked for a clumsy tackle from behind that might have got just a warning from another referee, but the penalty – and his subsequent sending off – seemed so soft. A 35 year-old was never going to beat Wissa in a footrace but the Congolese forward appeared very eager to go down after miscontrolling the ball. 5

Antonee Robinson: Bryan Mbuemo might have scored twice but neither came from clear mistakes from Fulham’s left back. Indeed, the American international produced a brilliant goal-saving intervention at the far post in the far half when Wisa’s miskick rolled across the face of goal. He was out of position often in the second period as the Whites pushed for an equaliser – but that’s part and parcel of Marco Silva’s attacking approach with his full backs. 6

Harrison Reed: Not the Ginger Iniesta’s finest outing. Outduelled in the engine room as Thomas Frank’s switch to a 4-3-3 gave Brentford the extra man, Reed’s shortcomings in the final third came to the fore as he was regularly the more advanced of Fulham’s central midfield duo – and found himself cutting back in from the right flank regularly in a frustrating 45 minutes. Didn’t impose himself on the game enough and his was an understandable change once the hosts went down to ten men. 5

Sasa Lukic: Probably the Serbian’s sharpest game in a Fulham shirt. Saw lots of the ball in the first half and still showed for it once adversity struck in the second half, even if the game had gone following Ream’s red card. The frustration was two-fold: you feel Lukic will be more effective higher up the pitch and he still needs to move the ball quicker to break down the low blow, but he’s arguably the one member of the side who emerges with credit from yesterday. 6

Harry Wilson: The game passed the Welsh winger by, much as the first 45 minutes did at Everton last week. He did deliver Fulham’s first shot on target, but it hardly extended Mark Flekken when space had opened up 30 yards from goal. You couldn’t fault his endeavour but Wilson was part of a one-paced Fulham attack that lacked either creativity, pace or invention. 5

Bobby De Cordova-Reid: Silva rewarded our matchwinner from Goodison Park with a start here – and the Jamaican international almost brought the Whites back into the contest when he dinked a chip against the crossbar from Fulham’s best move of the match. Otherwise, Bobby was what Bobby always is: workmanlike and full of running, but he couldn’t provide the spark our forward line badly needed. 6

Andreas Pereira: The Brazilian was back in the starting line-up after a lively cameo on Merseyside that enlivened a fairly poor Fulham showing, but he looked short of fitness and confidence. There were a couple of wild strikes from long range in the first half and Pereira actually looked most dangerous when whipping in a succession of set pieces, only for his delivery to fail him when the Whites were building up a period of pressure after the break. He’ll surely be more effective with more minutes under his belt. 5

Raul Jimenez: It would be exceptionally harsh to judge the Mexican on two matches where he’s had very little service or the runners upon which his link-up play and vision would thrive, but it hasn’t been the most auspicious of starts. That strike at Goodison going in would have given Jimenez lift off – but instead he found it very difficult against Ethan Pinnock and Nathan Collins and appeared to keep running down cul-de-sacs. 5

Substitutes:

Joao Palhinha: The Portuguese belatedly the bite that was missing from Fulham’s midfield – and seeing him back from what seemed a serious shoulder injury at the start of the Summer Series was one of the afternoon’s few plus points. He did pick up a silly booking for kicking the ball away – and an early suspension for our most important player is not what Marco Silva will want. 6

Calvin Bassey: Couldn’t do much given the match circumstances on his long-awaited Premier League debut, but the Nigerian international has impressed over the summer and will need to be at his very best at Arsenal next weekend. 6

Willian: Had little opportunity to influence proceedings once he was introduced as a substitute – but I guess we should celebrate the Brazilian as someone who has (at least for the moment) turned down the Saudi cash. 6

Rodrigo Muniz: It was a surprise from our Brazilian striker to be brought on ahead of Carlos Vinicius and I’m still not sure what to make of it. The man who spent most of last season on the Middlesbrough bench after Michael Carrick took over at the Riverside couldn’t do very much with the Whites down to ten and two goals behind. 6

Adama Traore: The prospect of the speedy Spanish winger coming on late in the game is mouthwatering, although not in the circumstances in which he made his first Fulham performance yesterday. 6