Scott Parker walked off the pitch feeling a mix of pride and, honestly, just a bit frustrated after Burnley’s wild draw with Chelsea.

He looked back at the match and thought his team could’ve won it, should’ve, maybe. Jacob Bruun Larsen had a golden chance to steal it right at the end, almost a carbon copy of Flemming’s earlier goal, but it just didn’t go in.

“I’m really proud of the group,” Parker said after the game. “But yeah, there’s some frustration too.

“We missed a huge chance at the end. That could have changed everything. Still, I can’t really ask for much more from the team.

“Last weekend, we let ourselves down in the FA Cup after a great win away at Crystal Palace. The noise around us got louder after that.

“But today, the players showed real resilience. We went a goal down early, in a tough place like this, against a team with so much talent.

“We stuck with it, grew into the game, especially in the first half, and got ourselves level.

“And, as I said, it’s tough not to feel a bit frustrated that we couldn’t grab all three points at the end.”

Even when it was eleven against eleven, Parker liked how his players handled things.

“I thought the way the players stuck to the game plan today was spot on,” he added.

Chelsea is so strong through the middle. They’re always trying to get Palmer and Fernandez on the ball and play through that area. But we protected the middle really well. We needed to slow their tempo, and we did.

“What I liked most was how aggressive we were at the right times, pressing from certain spots. We pulled that off.

Chelsea is a top side with top players. We did really well today and earned our points.”

Albion finally got the win they desperately needed, and their away fans made the most of it. Seriously, you could hear the singing and cheering even before the final whistle.

Right after Danny Welbeck smashed in their second goal to seal a 2-0 win at Brentford, the mood flipped from anxious hope to pure celebration. The fans started with “We are staying up.” Then they shifted to “Europe again". And, just for laughs, “We’re going to win the league.” All tongue-in-cheek, all in good spirits – exactly what you need after a gloomy winter where there hasn’t been much to smile about.

Diego Gomez opened the scoring around the half-hour mark, and Welbeck doubled the lead just before halftime, cashing in on a Brentford blunder.

But the real heartbeat of the match? James Milner. He ran the show from midfield, barely putting a foot wrong. His boots had “654” stitched on them, one for each of his Premier League appearances. And judging by this performance, he’s not slowing down anytime soon.

Milner pulled the strings from deep, keeping Albion organised, gritty, and focused. They held their shape, showed flashes of quality, and never really let Brentford get comfortable except for a couple of late scares that came to nothing.

Gomez’s opener actually arrived in a moment that almost became another “typical Albion” hard-luck story. Ferdi Kadioglu curled a brilliant shot past Caoimhin Kelleher, only to see it crash off the underside of the bar. Fans barely had time to groan before Gomez pounced and buried the rebound – just the kind of sharp finishing Albion have been missing to match their effort.

Brentford’s Nathan Collins had barely come off the bench when he fluffed his clearance, letting Welbeck hammer in the second. You expected Brentford to come out swinging after halftime, but Albion, with Mats Wieffer back and looking sharp, stood their ground.

Near the end, there were a couple of shaky moments that could’ve made things tense. Mikkel Damsgaard sent a weak effort straight at Bart Verbruggen, and then the keeper had to react quickly to stop a deflection off Joel Veltman from sneaking in. But Albion held on.

Final score: 2-0, and plenty of reasons for the fans to keep singing all the way home.