Kelleher returns for Brentford in Vitality stalemate

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Alex Scott put a 20-yard effort over Kelleher’s crossbar 13 minutes before half-time as the Cherries looked more likely to break the deadlock. Ryan Christie also let Brentford off the hook after being played in on goal by Evanilson’s clever pass, but he dragged the ball wide in trying to round the onrushing Kelleher.

Kelleher was called into action for the first time in first-half stoppage time, keeping our Tavernier’s shot from a tight angle with his legs after a defence-splitting pass from Alex Scott. Tavernier should have put Bournemouth in front early in the second half after a superb through ball by Alex Jimenez but he stumbled as he took the shot, which clipped the base of a post.

Brentford had another narrow escape in the 59th minute when Christie’s miscued shot hit Tavernier and bounced harmlessly wide. Tavernier was denied by the frame of the goal again in the 77th minute when he crashed a shot against the outside of Kelleher’s post from the corner of the six-yard box.