Brentford 3-1 Fulham: Player ratings

It wasn’t Fulham’s finest afternoon at Griffin Park and running the rule over the boys in white didn’t prove much fun either. David Button: After last season’s triumphant return to Brentford, this wasn’t a trip to Griffin Park that Button...

Cairney: Odoi’s dismissal changed the game

A desperately disappointed Tom Cairney felt Denis Odoi’s second-half dismissal killed off Fulham in the west London derby yesterday. Slavisa Jokanovic’s side went in front at Brentford through Neeskens Kebano’s close-range finish after a fine move...

Jokanovic defends tactical tweaks

Slavisa Jokanovic refused to take the blame for Fulham’s derby defeat at Griffin Park – defending his decision to take on Brentford without a recognised striker and questioning referee Bobby Madeley’s decision to send off Denis Odoi. The Serbian head...

Frail Fulham fall apart at Griffin Park

As galling as this derby defeat appears, it is worse because Fulham were the architects of their own downfall at Griffin Park. Slavisa Jokanovic’s side looked in control of this strangely subdued local skirmish once Neeskens Kebano stubbed home a low cross from...

Up next: Brentford (a)

Fulham’s recent resurgence – with that amazing game at Bramall Lane still fresh in the memory – will do wonders for the Whites’ confidence as they head into their second west London derby of the season at Griffin Park. Brentford will be...