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brentford Reached the last eight of Carabao Cup concluding with a clinical 5–0 win at Blundell Park GrimsbyImpressive performance in the competition.
The Mariners famously beat Manchester United here in the second round and defeated Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in the third round, but the crowd were wowed by two goals in five minutes of the first half as the Bees took a 3–0 lead at the interval.
Mathias Jensen opened the scoring from 20 yards, Keane Lewis-Potter added the second reece nelson Effectively put the tie to bed before the break.
Fabio Carvalho He added a fourth from the penalty spot and substitute Nathan Collins added the fifth.
Keith Andrews’ side will now look to reach their first major cup final after a professional display which saw nine changes to their side. Premier League win over Liverpool at the weekend.
Amid a raucous crowd of 8,637, Grimsby impressed early on but failed to create a meaningful chance.
Brentford almost went ahead after eight minutes as influential forwards Lewis-Potter and Nelson connected, the latter’s effort blocked after the former Hull player latched onto a cross.
Charles Varnam met Darragh Burns’ deep cross in the 14th minute but his effort made a comfortable save from Brentford goalkeeper Haakon Valdimarsson.
Grimsby wasted another start after 19 minutes as Jez Kabiya failed to find enough purchase on his header after a good move from Kieran Green, Harvey Rodgers and Burns.
Three minutes later Brentford went ahead after Grimsby had an attempt saved from an own goal kick. Lewis-Potter won possession in a dangerous area and Jensen did brilliantly to slot past Christy Pym.
Lewis-Potter headed the second in the 26th minute after Onyeka broke through midfield and Nelson got to the byline before picking out his opposite winger at the back post.
Varnam played into the green but his shot went straight to Iceland international Valdimarsson.
Nelson completed a brutal first goal for the visitors two minutes before half-time as he fired a low effort from the edge of the box after a good combination from Lewis-Potter and Benjamin Arthur on the right.
Brentford were awarded a penalty eight minutes into the second half after Carvalho was brought down in the box and the former Liverpool forward buried the resulting spot-kick into the bottom corner.
Grimsby almost got a consolation when Kabia headed Varnam’s deep cross wide after 67 minutes, but at the other end Republic of Ireland defender Collins nodded in the fifth from Jensen’s corner.
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