By Eleanor Crooks

PORT VALE 1
Harratt 70

BRENTFORD 4
Forss 26, Mbeumo 66, 26, 87 (pen) Att: 8,069 Rating: ★★★☆☆ Ref: Thomas Bramall 7/10

STAR MAN
BRYAN MBEUMO Bren tford

CONSOLATION: Port Vale’s Kian Harratt scores their only goal
PICTURE: Alamy

DARRELL Clarke said his Vale side were beaten by a “clinical” Brentford, whose substitute Bryan Mbeumo scored a hat-trick after only coming on in the 62nd minute.
The home side, sixth in League Two, largely kept Premier League Bees at bay in the first half, with Marcus Forss scoring the only goal of a low-key opening period.
The game ...