Analysis: Ouattara tweak wreaks havoc
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It is hard enough for a club to rebuild after losing their manager, let alone their captain and talismanic forwards like Brentford did last summer.
But the Bees are flourishing under Keith Andrews.
At this rate, they could challenge their Premier League record high of 59 points from the 2023 campaign after starting to find a winning formula on the road.
Brentford always tend to cause teams problems at the Gtech Community Stadium, but Andrews has now ended a previously rotten away run and got the better of Newcastle, Aston Villa,Everton and Wolves in recent weeks.
His resilient side, tellingly, did not panic after going behind at a buoyant St James' and one tactical tweak had a devastating impact after Dango Ouattara and Keane Lewis-Potter swapped wings.
As well as having an eye on Newcastle defender Lewis Hall's increasing threat from left-back, by moving Lewis-Potter across, Andrews knew Ouattara's pace could cause the 35-year-old Kieran Trippier problems on the other flank.
So it proved.
And while Yoane Wissa suffered with the hosts, what a night for his replacement Ouattara to score his fifth goal for the club.
