Brentford’s incredible run of scoring early on continued as Nathan Collins headed his side into a second minute lead in the 5-3 win over Wolves.
But the defender’s effort was 16 seconds too late as the Bees came narrowly close to creating Premier League history at the Gtech Community Stadium.
Prior to Saturday’s 3pm kick-off, Brentford had scored inside a minute in their last three Premier League outings against Manchester City, Tottenham and West Ham.
It saw the west Londoners become the first Premier League side to find the back of the net in under 60 seconds in three successive matches.
And doing do a fourth time would have seen Thomas Frank’s side become the first to score four times inside a minute in a single season.
But they fell just short of creating history after Collins met Mikkel Damsdaard’s cross to head past Sam Johnstone.
It came just 16 seconds into the second minute.
Brentford’s early antics in recent games have proven to be a bad omen, with the club failing to hold onto their lead, resulting in two losses and one draw.
And Brentford fans would have been fearing the worst two minutes later when Matheus Cunha equalised for the hosts in what was a chaotic first half which saw six goals.
But the hosts regained the lead in the 20th minute through Bryan Mbuemo’s penalty.
It was the 25-year-old’s sixth Premier League goal of the campaign – just three behind the nine he managed last term.
Refusing to go away, Wolves again equalised moments later, with Jorgen Strand Larsen firing low into the bottom right corner.
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Just two minutes later though, Brentford scored yet again, this time through Christian Norgaard who rifled an attempt into the bottom corner.
The drama wasn’t done there, as Ethan Pinnock made it 4-2 in added time.
talkSPORT reporter Lewis Mason said it perfectly, saying live from Gtech Community Stadium: “This game is mental!”
And the goals kept coming in the second half, with Fabio Carvalho poking home from close range in the 90th minute for his first Premier League goal since joining from Liverpool.
Wolves managed to grab a consolation strike in the third minute of stoppage time through Rayan Ait-Nouri.
The result lifts Brentford up into the top half of the table in ninth spot.
As for Wolves, they them remain rooted to the bottom of the table.
They are yet to pick up a victory so far, and have mustered just one point from their opening seven games.
