The TOMMY DOYLE stunner helped the Wolves fight back to win a third-round replay after holding ten men for 88 minutes.
After Joao Gomes’ red card in the ninth minute, Neal Maupay had given the Bees a first-half lead that they couldn’t build on, struggling to create or eliminate chances in their final game before Ivan Toney returned from suspension.
Wolves went after the sloppy and spiky Bees after the break, with the introduction of fit-again Pedro Neto causing trouble for the hosts before Doyle picked out the top corner.
Any accusations these players didn’t care about the Cup were put to bed by a number of scraps and melees throughout.
Two Premier League clubs who had met here just last week hardly screamed FA Cup magic, and neither would have wanted a replay, but the two managers did at least name relatively strong sides, with only seven changes across both starting XIs.
It’s a catalogue of mistakes that gave Wolves the maximum of their targets in that game nine days ago, and there was another peak after just seven minutes here.
Second choice keeper, Thomas Strakosha, played the ball straight to Matheus Cunha on the edge of the box and needed Zanka to spare his blushes with a clearance.
After a nervous start, Brentford gained early merit with the questionable sending off of Gomes.
The Wolves midfielder, who had never before been shown a red card in his career, hit Achilles of Bees captain Norgaard as he stretched to reach for the ball and showed him a straight red through referee Tony Harrington, with the Brentford midfielder about to be retired.
There didn’t appear to be any malice or force behind the challenge – but he was given his marching orders regardless – with a rarely-seen circular red car – and VAR Jarred Gillet decided not to get involved.
Wolves fans were frustrated when, shortly after the red card, Bees boy Mikel Damsgaard ran away without even conceding a foul when he ended up trampling Doyle.
Brentford’s facility was on the edge of the Wolves box from there, but struggled to create transparent chances.
Josh Dasilva gave Sa the first genuine test and stopped his attempt from the edge of the box.
In keeping with the annoying nature of the game, it took a disjointed purpose to give the Bees the upper hand.
Jensen fired a free-kick straight into the goal, where a header from Nathan Collins sent Pinnock back, with his back to the defender and at the feet of Maupay, who controlled to bring it home as half-time approached.
This purpose allowed the Bees to comfortably advance to the third round, but they were unable to build a cushion.
Damsgaard and Dasilva came close after the break, before Doyle hit back.
Backed by Neto, the Manchester City midfielder gave up too much space on the edge of the box on a rare Wolves corner and took advantage of it to make a good effort in the most sensitive right corner.
Doyle lined up another shortly after but Jensen got his head in the way and had to be replaced as a result – meaning the Bees had lost their two most influential players to injury.
The hosts looked for a late winner, but Nelson Semedo made a very good block to deny Damsgaard a winning goal.
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