Collins Caps Five-star Brentford’s Carabao Cup Cruise Against Grimsby

Brentford sauntered into nan League Cup quarter-finals for nan 2nd consecutive play aft ending Grimsby’s magnificent cup tally connected a one-sided evening successful Cleethorpes.

The Mariners had beaten teams from each of England’s apical 3 divisions to scope nan 4th round, including their historic triumph against Manchester United astatine this crushed successful August. However, location was ne'er really immoderate chance of a repetition present arsenic Keith Andrews’s squad continued their good caller form to soundlessness a sold-out Blundell Park.

By half-time Brentford were 3-0 up and successful complete control, pinch second-half goals from Fábio Carvalho and Nathan Collins adding further gloss connected what turned retired to beryllium commanding triumph for nan Premier League side.

After an indifferent commencement nether Andrews, Brentford now look to beryllium settling successful a existent hit – and present pinch consummate easiness they avoided a imaginable upset.

Roared connected by a boisterous location crowd it was nan League Two broadside who enjoyed nan brighter moments early on, pinch half-chances for some Charles Vernam and Evan Khouri.

As nan half wore on, however, nan visiting Bees started to show their superiority pinch nan shot and their people told arsenic nan midway constituent of nan first half approached.

The deadlock was surgery erstwhile Grimsby attempted to play retired from nan backmost and, aft Keane Lewis‑Potter pinched nan shot from Harvey Rodgers, Mathias Jensen coiled a superb effort past Christy Pym from nan extracurricular of nan area to unfastened nan scoring: and nan floodgates.

Jaze Kabia shows his disappointment aft Keane Lewis-Potter doubles Brentford’s lead. Photograph: Mike Egerton/PA

Four minutes later, that lead was doubled successful ruthless fashion. As nan hosts committed men forward, Brentford were capable to break connected nan antagonistic and Reiss Nelson’s chipped transverse was headed successful astatine nan backmost station by Lewis-Potter.

Suddenly, a competitory opening 20 minutes successful nan crippled had fixed measurement to a one-sided title and arsenic nan half‑hour approached it could and possibly should person been three. Rico Henry was freed connected nan correct and Dango Ouattara came desperately adjacent to turning successful from adjacent range.

Grimsby had started brightly but they were now hanging connected and, pinch 3 minutes to spell until nan break, Brentford took a decisive measurement towards nan quarter-finals.

Some good buildup play recovered its measurement into nan way of nan outstanding Nelson, who bent nan shot past a helpless Pym to unfastened up a three-goal advantage.

And immoderate dream of a miraculous comeback from nan big broadside was extinguished erstwhile and for each 9 minutes aft nan restart. Another superb move from nan visitors led to Carvalho being fouled successful nan box; he stepped up and slotted past Pym to make it four.

There was nary shortage of endeavour from Grimsby each evening but moreover a raft of changes made successful nan last half-hour could not thief them to astatine slightest get connected nan scoreboard.

Instead, it was Brentford who scored again successful nan last 15 minutes arsenic a well-worked area was headed location by Collins to put nan seal connected an emphatic victory.