Igor Thiago scored two late goals as Brentford came from behind to beat ten-man Newcastle after a chaotic and controversial encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium.

Newcastle took the lead through Harvey Barnes but quickly found themselves caught up in a maelstrom of long throws, VAR controversies and a red card.

After Kevin Schade equalised referee Stuart Attwell and VAR Paul Tierney took centre-stage, the former denying Brentford what looked a clear penalty for a foul by Dan Burn - instead booking Dango Ouattara for a dive - and the latter surprisingly agreeing.

But, lo and behold, a few minutes later when Ouattara went down again under Burn's challenge, Attwell this time pointed to the spot and showed the hapless Burn a second yellow card.

Thiago rolled in the penalty and adde

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