Dom Smith reacts to Brentford 1-1 West Ham

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00:00Full-time here at the GTEC Community Stadium and a 1-1 draw between Brentford and West Ham United.

00:06Both managers, Thomas Frank and Julian Lopetegui, said in their post-match press conferences this afternoon

00:12that they felt that their team deserved to win and that can only mean one thing,

00:15which is that it was a deserved draw and I would say that is about right.

00:19This game lacked quality, I thought, although not in the first minute when Brian and Buemo swept home a lovely volley

00:25after just 37 seconds. It made Brentford the first team in Premier League history to score in the first minute

00:33of three straight league games after they struck in the first minute against Tottenham last weekend

00:38and the weekend before that against Manchester City.

00:40I think that's an incredible stat and one that I'm sure won't ever happen again.

00:45But Brentford weren't able to find the net after that, just as they weren't against Man City or Tottenham.

00:50There was a real lack of quality in the final third from both teams.

00:54West Ham manager Lopetegui is under a little bit of pressure at the moment

00:57and made some interesting calls at half-time, bringing off Mohamed Kudus and Emerson as well at full-back

01:04and changing the formation as Mavropanos and Carlos Soler, the summer signing, came on.

01:10It seemed to work though, with Thomas Socek equalising after 54 minutes and then it was a sort of drab end to the match,

01:16which ended 1-1. I think West Ham will be the more disappointed of the teams, not because they played better,

01:21but because of where they are in the league, they really do need victory next weekend at Ipswich.

01:26Brentford may be a little bit happier.