Ivan Toney scores again as Brentford claim welcome victory against Toothless Wolves | first division

Thomas Frank wants Gareth Southgate to hand Ivan Toney an England call-up after an impressive latest chapter in the striker's return to Brentford. Toney scored his third goal in four games since he returned from his eight-month suspension for breaching betting rules, adding to Christian Nørgaard's first-half header that had put the Bees on course for the team's first goal. he. first division away victory since October, which moves them to 14th place.

Frank, who last week confirmed Toney is likely to be sold in the summer, said he also feels his star man, who has one cap, deserves another chance with England in the build-up to Euro 2024.

“I know what Iván can bring to the table and I think he is something different that England doesn't have,” he said. “Iván played a good game, not a great game, but the forwards need to score goals. He scored again when he had to and played sick, he was sick on Thursday, Friday and today.

“It shows everything about his mentality. He is unique. He has always been committed to the team, the club and his teammates.

“Who knows what will happen in the summer? What Ivan is very good at is being in the moment, right now, here, ready. That's what he's focusing on.

“It would be great if it continued. It has all the qualities for it. “We know we will create opportunities for him and great opportunities.”

Brentford should have won by more after wasting several openings in the first half, with Neal Maupay being the main culprit.

First, he allowed José Sá to save with only the goalkeeper to beat before Sá claimed his header from the resulting corner. Mads Roerslev then fired in before Maupay missed another chance, firing past Sá after working the space well.

Wolves, who lost Matheus Cunha to a hamstring injury, struggled to get going and fell behind after 35 minutes when Nørgaard shook off Craig Dawson to head in a Sergio Reguilón corner.

Mark Flekken deflected Pedro Neto's header onto the post just before the break and the striker saw his deflected shot hit the post shortly after the break.

From the corner, Brentford failed to clear and when Neto returned the ball, Dawson nodded in, only for VAR to rule it out for narrowly offside. It was the closest the hosts came to recovering and Toney sealed the game with an excellent cushioned finish from Vitaly Janelt's cross with 13 minutes remaining.

“If I sat there last night and tried to imagine things going bad for us, it would have looked something like this,” Wolves coach Gary O'Neil said. “It all started yesterday when I got the message that Channy (Hwang Hee-Chan) was feeling his calf.

“We gave Brentford a bit of momentum and an incredibly bad mistake on the first goal which then gave them the game they wanted, when they take so long on everything.

“You don't see many goals from chest height in the center of the goal from three or four meters in the Premier League. From that moment on he knew exactly how difficult it would be.”