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  "publishedAt": "2026-04-18T13:25:31.000Z",
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  "tags": [
    "Coventry promoted to Premier League after Blackburn draw as Frank Lampard ends 25-year wait",
    "Ronnie O'Sullivan misses World Championship tradition as tournament gets underway",
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  "textContent": "\n\n\nBrentford have been held to a 0-0 draw against noisy neighbours Fulham at the Gtech Community Stadium.\n\nThe point leaves the Bees just four points off the Champions League spots, with five games left this season.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nJust three points separated the two sides heading into the contest, with European qualification firmly in the minds of both sets of supporters.\n\nKeith Andrews' Bees remain in the Europa Conference League playoff position despite their fourth successive draw, while Marco Silva's Cottagers saw their slim continental hopes take another blow.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nTRENDING\n\nStories\n\nVideos\n\nYour Say\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe result means Brentford have avoided back-to-back home league defeats against their neighbours for the first time since April 1998.\n\nThe match appeared destined to end without a moment of genuine drama until the final minute of normal time.\n\nKeane Lewis-Potter delivered a low cross into the Fulham penalty area, and Dango Ouattara looked certain to break the deadlock from close range.\n\nHowever, Bernd Leno produced an extraordinary intervention, somehow getting fingertips to the ball and diverting it over the crossbar from point-blank range.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n### LATEST SPORTS NEWS\n\n\n\n\n  * Coventry promoted to Premier League after Blackburn draw as Frank Lampard ends 25-year wait\n  * Ronnie O'Sullivan misses World Championship tradition as tournament gets underway\n  * Sky Sports forced to apologise during coverage of EFL match\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe German goalkeeper's reflexes denied what seemed a certain goal and proved to be the defining moment of the afternoon.\n\nLeno deservedly won man of the match, with the Cottagers' attack not registering a shot on target.\n\nAlex Iwobi pulled up clutching his right hamstring in the 42nd minute, with the Nigerian international appearing visibly distressed as he left the pitch.\n\nThe winger was replaced by his compatriot Samuel Chukwueze, but concerns immediately arose that the setback could end Iwobi's season prematurely.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nThe Cottagers have now failed to find the net in four of their previous five fixtures, a run that has seen their continental ambitions fade.\n\nIgor Thiago, the league's second-highest scorer with 21 goals this term, went near for the hosts when he headed narrowly wide from a corner in the 10th minute.\n\nThe Cottagers have now gone nine consecutive away matches without scoring in the first half, matching their longest such run in Premier League history.\n\nSilva's men have managed just four first-half goals since the turn of the year, the fewest in the division during that period.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n###\n\n\n\n\nBoth sides will be keeping an eye on the remaining nine fixtures across the weekend, including Newcastle United against Bournemouth and Tottenham facing Brighton.\n\nThe Magpies can leapfrog Fulham on goal difference should they beat Bournemouth, while the Cherries can go on level points with the Bees.\n\nBrighton can go above Brentford with a victory and climb into the top six and European places.\n\n###\n\n\n\n\n**Our Standards: The GB News Editorial Charter**",
  "title": "Brentford held by Fulham in stalemate as Bees move to within four points of Champions League spots"
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