Brentford's Kevin Schade bagged a hat-trick for his first goals of the Premier League season, plus set up a fourth goal, as Thomas Frank's men roared back from a goal down to beat Leicester City 4-1 on Saturday.
Brentford are provisionally eighth in the Premier League table after 13 games, while Leicester, whose new manager Ruud van Nistelrooy watched from the Gtech Community Stadium stands, are a point above the drop zone in 16th.
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Facundo Buonanotte put Leicester on the scoreboard against the run of play in the 21st minute, but the lead lasted just four minutes as Schade teed up Yoane Wissa with a pass off the side of his boot, and Wissa tapped in from close range.
Schade put the home side ahead four minutes later when he latched on to a deflected shot from Bryan Mbeumo in a crowded penalty area. The German bagged his second goal late in first-half injury time when he sprinted on to a through ball from Mikkel Damsgaard and chipped a left-footed shot over goalkeeper Mads Hermansen and into the far corner.
The 23-year-old completed his hat-trick in the 59th minute with a low powerful shot past Hermansen.