Frank Onyeka: Nigeria midfielder bags assist in Brentford comeback win over West Ham

By Wale Mustapha

Nigeria midfielder, Frank Onyeka had a hand in Brentford’s 3-2 Premier League win over West Ham on Saturday

Coach Thomas Frank handed the Super Eagles’ midfielder second start of the season and he was able to justified the opportunity.

The 25 year old helped Brentford recorded their third consecutive Premier League wins in the current campaign.

Onyeka provided the first goal of the match inside 11th minutes which was converted by Neal Maupay.

The Hammers responded quickly with two goals from Jared Bowen and Mohammed Kudus handling the visitors a first half lead.

Brentford piled pressure on their guest at the restart and were rewarded with the equalizer through an own goal from Greek’s Konstantinos Mavropanos.

Irish defender, Nathan Collins completed the turn around for The Bees with a glancing header in the 69th minutes.

Onyeka helped Brentford protected the lead for over 20 minutes despite a late surge from West Ham.

The victory, however propelled Brentford to ninth on the Premier League log with 16 points from 11 games.