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Brentford 3 Southampton 1: Bees quickly get over Ivan Toney exit as Mbeumo double sends Saints packing

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AARON RAMSDALE endured a painful Southampton debut as Bryan Mbeumo showed there’s life after Ivan Toney for Brentford.

Ramsdale has gone from back-up keeper with Arsenal to backache with the Saints – as the visitors paid for dreadful defending.

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Bryan Mbeumo celebrates as he netted a goal in each half for BrentfordCredit: Getty

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Mbeumo fired a clinical double for the home sideCredit: Reuters

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Aaron Ramsdale wasn’t smiling for long on his Southampton debutCredit: Getty

Bees striker Mbeumo fired a goal in each half before Yoane Wissa bundled the home side 3-0 up.

Southampton’s woe was deeped by trying – and often failing – to play out from the back.

And that was the prime reason Mbeumo was eventually able to stab the opener on 42 minutes after Kevin Schade hit a post.

The Cameroonian then rifled an even better finish – following an even worse blunder from the Saints – midway through the second period.

Wissa soon prodded the third from close range after Ramsdale couldn’t reach a flick-on.

Yukinari Sugawara bagged the Saints’ reply deep in stoppage time.

Victory put Brentford in the top five – while Southampton sit bottom as the only Prem side without a point from three matches.

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This second calm finish from Mbeumo also came from Saints’ slacknessCredit: Getty

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Mbeumo made it look easy against the SaintsCredit: Rex

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Saints’ midfielder Will Smallbone tangles with Brentford’s Ethan PinnockCredit: Reuters

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