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Rohan Jivan

What Man Utd loanee Brandon Williams did to Christian Eriksen as Brentford thump Norwich

Norwich took on Brentford this afternoon in a massive clash down at the bottom end of the table, with both teams desperate for points.

In the end, the visitors ran out 3-1 winners, with Bees striker Ivan Toney managing to clinch a well-earned hat-trick.

The Englishman opened the scoring with a right-footed shot inside the six-yard box before converting two second-half penalties.

Certainly, there were many talking points once the dust had settled, one of which was a moment in which anger turned to affection between Brandon Williams and Christian Eriksen, in the 39th minute.

The Norwich City left-back, on loan from Manchester United, was looking to drive forward with the ball but was being pulled down by the former Tottenham Hotspur midfielder.

Initially, it looked like Williams was extremely angry with being brought down, but after realising it was Eriksen, he was quick to give him a hug.

It is just eight months since the Denmark international suffered a cardiac arrest in their Euro 2020 group stage game against Finland.

Fast forward to last weekend and Eriksen remarkably made his Premier League debut for Brentford, coming off the bench in the club's 2-0 defeat to Newcastle.

This Saturday, he made his first start for Thomas Frank's men, operating on the left of a midfield three and delivered an impressive performance.

The former Inter Milan star possesses great ability on dead ball situations along with being able to provide creativity in open play, all aspects that will be key in getting the best out of Toney.

Frank will therefore hope that Eriksen can play an important role from now until the end of the season in the club's bid to avoid relegation.

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