HARRY WILSON put Craven Cottage in a spin with a stunning late double blast.
The Fulham sub equalised two minutes into added time with an acrobatic mid-air twist before winning it with a diving header in the 97th minute to turn this West London derby on its head in every sense.
Brentford had led from the 24th minute thanks to an equally spectacular 30 yard strike from German midfielder Vitaly Janelt and looked to be heading for a top half spot in the Premier League and a first away win of the season.
Keeper Mark Flekken had also defied a pulled hamstring just minutes after kick off to defy an onslaught from Fulham in the second half before finally succumbing at the death.
Fulham chief Marco Silva was running out of ideas and turned to midfielder Wilson with just nine minutes of the game remaining and was rewarded with a memorable victory over the neighbours.
He first combined with fellow sub Adama Traore who crossed from the right to leap athletically into space and flick the ball past defender Mads Roerslev and over the head of the keeper.
It set up a frenetic finale as fresh legs Wilson then popped up in the area to head home a cross from Antonee Robinson to snatch it with virtually the last move of the match.
Fulham appeared to be resigned to a second successive home defeat before Silva’s masterstroke from the bench.
Despite their domination and wave after wave of attacks, Flekken and Brentford’s hardworking centre back pairing of Ethan Pinnock and Nathan Collins were repelling everything thrown at them.
It seemed as if one moment of magic would be enough to settle it – until two came along at once.
Fulham’s dangerous dithering on the ball ten yards in front of their goal area cost them in the first half as they lost possession and Christian Norgaard slipped a low pass left to Janelt, who was waiting in plenty of space.
He also had time to tee up a laser like left foot shot across the area that evaded the full length dive of Bernd Leno and rifled into the opposite corner of the net.
It is his first goal of the season – equalling his tally for the whole of the last. Janelt may not score many but they are worth waiting for.
He then went close to grabbing a second just before half time when another long range shot whistled past the Fulham post.
At the other end there was drama too as Bees’ keeper Flekken hobbled his way around after appearing to pull a hamstring kicking the ball just a few minutes into the match.
Pinnock was forced to take the goal kicks and at times Flekken looked like he wouldn’t make it to half time.
But the evident injury didn’t dull his reactions and after making a double save from Reiss Nelson, Brentford’s flying Dutchman hurled himself into mid-air to clutch a goalbound, downward header from Emile Smith-Rowe – feeling the full force of Nelson who came in at full speed to pounce on the follow up.
Limpalong Flekken recovered enough by the second half to save efforts from sub Adama Traore, Alex Iwobi and Calvin Bassey.
He was also perfectly positioned to save a powerful point blank header from Fulham centre back Joachim Andersen as the Cottagers chased a late equaliser.
They got it through the energy and enthusiasm of Wilson who had yet to score this season but now has two goals in five minutes to celebrate.
MARRIED At First Sight fans have been left horrified by Luke’s ‘disgusting’ move to impress his wife Amy, during their homestays week.
As Amy brought Luke to her mum’s home and introduced Luke to her dog, he made himself at home, got down on the floor and let the dog lick his face and mouth.
Amy couldn’t believe what she was witnessing and viewers felt much the same as they flooded social media with their comments.
One person wrote: “Luke, I like you, but that dog behaviour is disgusting.”
A second added: “If someone was licking my dog like that I would be seriously concerned.”
A third said: “Does Luke fancy Amy’s dog or what? This licking is terrible.”
A fourth person echoed: “Luke stop licking that dog ASAP.”
Someone else said: “Luke I didn’t have a bad word to say about you until you let the dog lick you like that.”
Amy complained to the camera about the noises Luke was making as the dog licked him, as Luke let it happen again while laying in bed with Amy in the morning.
Luke and Amy tied the knot just minutes after meeting down the aisle as part of the E4 programme.
As the homestays continued the two also meet up with Amy’s pals.
Amy’s friend asks Luke: “Adult entertainment.. is that what you see yourself doing, even now when you’ve got a wife?”
Speaking to camera, Luke says: “This is definitely an attempt to assassinate my character.”
Awkwardly during the dinner, he adds: “Well.. as of now, I’m a single man,” and puts his ring on the table.
Amy fumes: “You lied. You’re a liar.”
Luke then says to camera: “Maybe it’s not meant to be.”
Meanwhile, Amy has opened up on her marriage and behaviour during homestays week after a tough time for the couple recently.
She penned on social media: “From bad, to worse…
“Tonight’s episode will be a difficult one to watch for me. I’m not proud of my behavior or of the person I was pushed to become, I might be over reacting writing this but I look back at this person and remember how I lost me.
“Emotions ran extremely high during home stays, with a lot of tension building up at that point due to things going on behind the scenes, which unfortunately cannot be disclosed out of respect.
“When I visited my home, my mum was really down and didn’t want to be part of the filming. This was when she unintentionally hinted at some tough news regarding my brother, which made an already challenging time even harder.
Please be kind when watching, to both myself, Luke, and my amazing friends. Remember that what you see is only a few clips from many hours of filming.
“It’s hard to see things being portrayed this way, but at the end of the day, this is the reality of TV, and it’s what I signed up for. I know I’m not demanding, boring, or any of the other things I’ve been called recently by a select few.
I am a strong woman that knows her worth and doesn’t take s***, I’m also not an actor and never aspire to be.
“The people who know me know the real me, and that’s all that matters 
“I hope you enjoy tonight’s episode and watching the rest of mine and Luke’s journey together, we just might surprise you.
“Love, kindness, and positivity to you all and to the judgmental trolls that don’t know me, f*** you.”
DONALD Trump declared the election “ours to lose” last night as America prepared to go to the polls in the tightest race in more than two decades.
Kamala Harris had a wafer-thin poll lead on the eve of voting as she hammered the crucial swing state of Pennsylvania yesterday.
But in reality the numbers were well within the margin of error, with Mr Trump insisting he is on the eve of an historic comeback.
Speaking to thousands of reporters in Raleigh, North Carolina, one of the seven battleground states, he said: “If we get everybody out and vote, there’s not a thing they can do.”
He also vowed a 25 per cent tariff on all goods from Mexico on his first day in office should he win tonight.
Both teams last night claimed they were “feeling good” about their numbers after an unprecedented 78 million voters had already gone to the polls early.
His senior adviser Jason Miller told reporters: “The numbers show that President Trump is going to win this race.
“We feel very good about where things are.”
But Ms Harris’s Democrat campaign believes the sheer size of its voter mobilisation efforts will swing it for them.
Campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon hit back: “We are feeling very good about where we are right now.”
The two contenders pulled out all the stops — including A-List celebrities — as they spent the past 24 hours zig-zagging across the northern swing states.
Mr Trump, who survived a near-death shooting in July, attended three battleground states as the curtain comes down on the two-year election battle.
He spent the day in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Michigan as he aimed to become only the second defeated leader to win a non-consecutive term.
Meanwhile, Vice President Harris made her final pitch to supporters in Pennsylvania with the support of pop stars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry to try get her over the line.
The pair are battling over the 538 electoral college votes in the state-by-state race — with one of the candidates needing the magic 270 to win the Presidency.
But Mr Trump has admitted that he could lose the fight and has spent much of the last week trying to discredit the election.
When asked if he could lose the two-horse race, he said: “Yeah, I guess, you know, I guess you could lose, can lose.
“I mean, that happens, right?
“But I think I have a pretty substantial lead, but, you could say, yeah, yeah, you could lose.
“Bad things could happen.
“You know, things happen, but it’s going to be interesting.”
On the campaign trail, the issue of abortion could well be a defining one that ultimately puts Ms Harris into the White House.
It’s the first national election since the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v Wade case, which protected the right to abortion.
Democrats are pinning their hopes on a surge of female Republican supporters switching to them on the issue.
Last night, CNN’s polling aggregates had Ms Harris edging over the line to the 270 Electoral College votes needed.
Mr Trump was leading in the Sun Belt of Arizona, North Carolina, Georgia and Nevada.
But without winning one of Michigan, Pennsylvania or Wisconsin, he would fall short.
Were Ms Harris to take all three of those so-called Rust Belt states, she would be the next President.
Lawyers and campaigners were preparing for a potential pitched legal battle in those states, where all the polls have predicted a virtual dead heat.
The last time an election was projected to be this close was Al Gore v George W. Bush in 2000, when the result was not declared until December.
The campaigns went all the way to the Supreme Court, with Mr Bush ultimately winning.
Meanwhile, workers on construction sites in Washington DC have been told to lock away anything that can be stolen and thrown as a weapon as election results come in tomorrow night.
Shops are being boarded up and fences erected in the area where Kamala Harris will watch TV coverage at Howard University where she studied.
Cops say they aren’t responding to any specific threat but are making sure they are prepared for any unrest.
More than 3,000 police officers are working on 12-hour shifts with the majority of leave cancelled until after the election fall-out.
Christopher Rodriguez, Washington’s assistant city administrator, said preparations began after the Capitol Hill riots on January 6, 2021.
The disorder followed Mr Trump’s attempt to overturn the last election result when he lost to Joe Biden.
IT’S set to be one of the tightest elections in history as America goes to the polls to decide its next President.
Nearly 70 million people have already cast their votes early — either in person or through the mail.
But it’s not a simple case of whoever wins the most votes across America becomes President.
In fact, more people (65.8 million) voted for Hilary Clinton in the 2016 election than Donald Trump (62.9).
Trump is just one of five presidents in US history to walk into the White House without winning the popular vote.
That’s because of something called electoral college votes.
Almost all of America’s 50 states receive a share of 538 electoral college votes — generally allocated according to the size of their populations.
The largest state, California, has 54 votes while smaller states, such as Alaska, have as few as three.
If a candidate wins a state they collect all the electoral votes in that state — except in Maine and Nebraska, which have a slightly different “split vote” system.
The only thing that really matters for the future President is reaching that magic number of 270 states or more.
Here, we look at what to watch out for on the big night — and the messy days which may follow.
MOST American states — 43 of 50 — vote in the same way at each and every election — either Democrat (Kamala Harris) or Republican (Donald Trump).
If both candidates win the states that history suggests are certain to vote for them it will leave Harris needing 44 votes for victory while Trump will require 51.
The outcome will therefore depend on just seven remaining key swing states.
These are Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin — where there are a total of 93 electoral votes up for grabs
The seven states which will unlock the door to the Oval office are grouped into two different parts — the Rust Belt (worth 44 votes) in the north east and the Sun Belt (worth 49) in the south.
Residents in the Rust Belt — Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin — live in the US’s decaying former industrial heartland.
They traditionally vote Democrat because of their long history with the unions.
But in 2016 they flipped to crown Trump.
If Harris gets them she is likely to win.
If Trump triumphs he will still need to pick up at least one more state elsewhere.
If Trump takes the Sun Belt states — Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina — then just like with the Rust Belt he would still need another state to prevail.
RIGHT now the key states are so close that recounts might well delay the results for days.
In 2020, Democrat Joe Biden wasn’t declared the winner for four days until the result in Pennsylvania became clearer.
In 2000, the election battle between Republican George W Bush and Democrat Al Gore lasted a month as the two campaigns warred over tight voting in Florida.
The US Supreme Court voted to end the state’s recount process, which kept Bush in the Oval office.
IF Donald Trump loses he has already indicated he will challenge the result as he did at the last election in 2020 — triggering chaos across the United States.
The former President recently said he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after he was defeated.
His departure in January 2021 led to rioting at the US Capitol in Washington DC by his supporters.
A recent poll showed a quarter of Americans even fear that this election could lead to a post-election American civil war.
THE latest polling shows all seven swing states too close to call with Trump and Harris both making slight ground in some.
Pollsters have put Trump ahead in Arizona, Nevada, Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Harris is said to be ahead in the Midwestern states of Michigan and Wisconsin.
The margins between the pair are so slim in any of these “toss-up states” that either candidate could still win the race to the White House on just a few thousand votes.
IN some elections we know who has won hours after the first states close voting at midnight UK time.
So if you’re getting in the popcorn to watch tonight it’s going to be a late one.
Georgia will be among the first to count the ballots while Hawaii and Alaska will continue voting until 5am on Wednesday morning.
At 12.30am North Carolina will close its polls followed by the other key states, Pennsylvania (1am), Michigan and Wisconsin (2am), Nevada (6am) and California (6am).
