Brentford fell to a 3-2 defeat at buoyant Hull City in the Championship.

Dean Smith’s side have now lost 21 points from winning positions this season as second-half goals from Kamil Grosicki, Seb Larsson and Jackson Irvine condemned them to a first defeat in four.

David Meyler put through his own net just after the interval, following superb counter-attacking from Neal Maupay and Ollie Watkins - who delivered the ball leading to the opener.

This was as good as it got for the Bees, the excellent Kamil Grosicki firing into the far corner despite taking a heavy touch.

Seb Larsson’s sublime free-kick gave the home side a crucial lead on 70 minutes, the Swede whipping into the bottom left from fully 25 yards.

Brentford made a double change to little avail, Jackson Irvine slotting home a third in the 75th minute.

John Egan’s late header made it a nervy eight minutes of injury time but Nigel Adkins’ men held on for the win.

Here’s how the players rated.

Daniel Bentley - Excellent. Made a number of superb stops, particularly from Dawson and Dicko, to keep his team in it. 8

Josh Clarke - Given a rough ride by Grosicki, limiting his overlapping exploits. 6

John Egan - Grabbed a goal back late on. Brave display 6

Andreas Bjelland - A lot of second-half danger seemed to come down his channel. Tidy on the ball. 6

Yoann Barbet in action against Hull

Yoann Barbet - Got stuck in first half and made one excellent recovering challenge. But swamped late on. 5

Ryan Woods - Not his best game, it was a packed midfield and the tempo - particularly second half- was tough to control. 6

Kamo Mokotjo - Full of running in the first-half, peppered with the odd heavy touch. Perhaps unlucky to be pulled off on the hour. 6

Romaine Sawyers - Didn’t see much of the ball in the number ten role. 5

Sergi Canos - Tried his best to spark something in dull opening stages but couldn’t get into the game after the break. 6

Neal Maupay - Did well first half, drawing plenty of fouls. Helped launch the attack for the opener. A good outing. 7

Andreas Bjelland and Fraizer Campbell battle for the ball

Ollie Watkins - Blew hot and cold but typically threatening in the box. His touch single-handedly created the first and came close in injury time. 7

Substitutes

Nico Yennaris - Gave away the foul for Larsson’s free-kick, and then again at the end when pressure was on. 5

Florian Jozefzoon - Looked bright late on, offered pace and trickery off the bench. 7

Josh McEachran - Went missing in the frenetic closing stages. 6