We ran out of steam - but there's no excuse for Brentford beating

JAKE O’Brien reckons Everton looked tired in their 4-2 home defeat to Brentford - but the defender refused to use that as an excuse.

- By CHRIS BEESLEY

Captain James Tarkowski gave the ball away cheaply for the Bees’ opener, converted by Igor Thiago on 11 minutes, and despite home manager David Moyes responding with a double substitution at halftime, it was the visitors who ended this game as a contest with a quickfire double early into the second half as Nathan Collins doubled their lead from a corner before Thiago added a third just a minute later.

Beto, who had been brought on at the interval, reduced arrears with a header on 66 minutes, but after Thiago added a breakaway fourth on 88 minutes, Thierno Barry's stoppage-time effort was a mere consolation.