LONDON: Brentford claimed its first Premier League away win of the season with a commanding 2-0 victory over West Ham, spoiling Nuno Espirito Santo's first home match in charge of the struggling Hammers.
The visitors, who had lost all three of their previous away league games, were the superior side throughout as goals from Igor Thiago and substitute Mathias Jensen condemned West Ham to another dismal defeat that leaves them 19th in the table.
Brentford deservedly went ahead in the 43rd minute when West Ham failed to clear a long ball forward. Kevin Schade nudged it into the path of Thiago, whose low shot had just enough power to cross the line despite Alphonse Areola's touch.