Brentford 1 Wolves 4

We’ve been playing against 12 this season with all the crappy decisions handed down by the eye in the sky ref.

So thanks go to Nathan Collins for giving us the extra man tonight with his finest performance for Wolves.

Three awful passes directly contributed to three goals for his former side in an evening to forget for the £23 million defender.

Credit to Hwang for capitalising in the most ruthless manner possible – switched on and rapid for the first, calm and clinical for the second. Thank you and goodnight.

That’s 10 Premier League goals already for the South Korean. Hopefully that sore back doesn’t keep him out for too long. Finishing like that is so often the difference at this level.

I thought Lemina was excellent again too. Not just the goal, but his power and composure all over the pitch was exactly what we needed in another open game.

In the absence of Craig Dawson it took a while for Santi Bueno to get up to speed and he might have done better in the build up to Brentford’s solitary strike. But he improved as things went on and made some good blocks and interceptions. Hopefully he can grow as his understanding of the league develops.

There are plenty of others I could praise – Cunha for his running with and without the ball, Ait-Nouri for the trademark sexy footwork (if not often followed up with the right pass) and Gomes for another two thousand tackles. It all contributed to the result.

Brentford had never conceded four goals at home in the top flight and even with Nathan’s charity factored in, it’s still an achievement worth celebrating.

But for Chelsea’s late penalty in their win over Palace, we’d now be sitting pretty in the top half of the table at the halfway point of the campaign.

Still, plenty to savour after consecutive Premier League wins for the first time this season to complete a highly satisfactory opening to what was widely dubbed by many – including me – a season of struggle.

With Neto to comeback and the potential for January reinforcements, the season of struggle is fast becoming the season of hope.