It is no secret that Régis Le Bris hopes to sign another striker before the transfer window music stops on Monday night but maybe, just maybe, Wilson Isidor gave Sunderland’s manager pause for thought in stoppage time.
Isidor stepped off the bench to score his second goal in three Premier League appearances as Le Bris’s team made it two wins from three. With this degree of defensive organisation allied to Enzo Le Fée’s creative flair they could yet prove more than capable of making a successful adaptation to their new top tier habitat.
Like Le Bris, Brentford’s manager, Keith Andrews, is clearly no mug when it comes to setting up a team, he just lacked a striker to fill the huge gap vacated by the absent Yoane Wissa.
Andrews does at least possess Dango Ouattara though. Le Bris was probably not too surprised when Ouattara controlled a lovely first-half reverse pass from Nathan Collins before embarking on a run that would sweep him between the home central defensive partnership of Nordi Mukiele and Omar Alderete. Indeed Sunderland’s manager looked rather resigned when Brentford’s club record £42.5m summer signing from Bournemouth proceeded to roll a wonderfully audacious shot beyond a deceived Robin Roefs.
