Neither side created too many opportunities in the first 45 minutes, but the Magpies still went in front from their first real attack, as Nick Woltemade found Harvey Barnes, who jinked past a few Brentford challenges and finished strongly.

The home side was much-improved after the break and went close to scoring inside the first minute after the restart, as Nick Pope was required to make a strong save to deny Yehor Yarmolyuk's low effort.

They would find the equaliser in the 56th minute as the Magpies failed to properly deal with a long throw from Michael Kayode, leading to Kevin Schade directing a header home.

Brentford continued to apply pressure and was awarded a penalty as Dango Ouattara went down in the area after being fouled by Dan Burn, with the England international receiving a second yellow card for the challenge.

Igor Thiago made no mistake with a well-taken spot-kick, and he made sure of the result in injury time with his second after Malick Thiaw inadvertently slid the ball into his path.

Newcastle fell away after opening the scoring and Barnes's goal was its only shot on target throughout the whole match. It is just two points clear of the relegation zone, with Brentford four points above in 12th.