Bees crush Forest to ease relegation fears

Nottingham Forest 0 Brentford 3

Brentford ended their miserable run – and virtually ended their relegation fears – with a fabulous victory at the City Ground.

Lasse Vibe, Nico Yennaris and Sergi Canos scored second-half goals to see off Nottingham Forest, who had Eric Lichaj sent off. [phone][/phone]

After four consecutive defeats saw them slip alarmingly down the Championship table, Dean Smith’s team were in desperate need of a win.

And they made the crucial breakthrough four minutes into the second half when Vibe, on as a substitute, pounced to score after a mix-up between Kelvin Wilson and Forest keeper Dorus De Vries.

Yennaris smashed home from Jake Bidwell’s corner and worse followed for Forest when Lichaj was dismissed on 77 minutes for a second bookable offence.

Canos sealed the Bees’ victory with a lovely first-time strike with three minutes remaining.

The win moved Brentford nine points clear of the drop zone.