Rotherham United 2-4 Brentford: Kamohelo Mokotjo bags brace as Bees beat Millers
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Brentford forward Said Benrahma celebrates with Romaine Sawyers
Kamohelo Mokotjo scored twice as Brentford extended their unbeaten run to seven matches with victory in an entertaining game at Rotherham.
Mokotjo's crisp second-minute opener was cancelled out by Jon Taylor's unstoppable finish from the edge of the box, before Semi Ajayi's glaring miss prevented Rotherham from going in at half-time in front.
The Bees regained the lead on 53 minutes through Said Benrahma, but Rotherham levelled again when Brentford's Ezri Konsa touched a free-kick into his own net.
However, Mokotjo responded almost immediately from Rico Henry's cut-back before Neal Maupay sealed the win.
It was a third successive victory in all competitions for Thomas Frank's side, following the FA Cup win over Oxford and the 3-1 success at home to Stoke City, and their first back-to-back league wins since September.
Rotherham have now won only one of their last six home games but may be wondering what might have been after Ajayi's miss.
With the game level at 1-1, the defender somehow failed to convert from close range after Dan Bentley had saved from Clark Robertson.
Brentford are 17th in the Championship table, with Rotherham just two points above the relegation zone in 21st.
Rotherham United manager Paul Warne told BBC Radio Sheffield:
"We warned them about how they play, but unfortunately we didn't stop the first goal they got. But as the first half went on I thought we looked more and more comfortable and should have been 3-1 up at half-time - we had unbelievable chances to score.
"We started the second half quite brightly - they scored, then we got one back - but they are very good players who pass and move and they cut us open.
"We didn't take our chances, they did. They probably had that little more of a cutting edge than us."
Brentford head coach Thomas Frank:
"It was a big step because it had been talked about because we had a bad run of games.
"We have been building and we are seven unbeaten. We are taking more steps, first we got more solid, should have won against Norwich, a clear win against Stoke.
"Now we needed to take the next step which was winning away. Hopefully we can continue this, we definitely want to do everything we can."
