Brentford Women 1 Fulham Women 2

Brentford bow out in the FA Cup in the third round following a 2-1 defeat to Fulham on Sunday at Bedfont Sports Club.

Nothing could spilt the sides in the opening 45 minutes as the teams went into the break at 0-0. Fulham started the second half well and got themselves ahead but Brentford showed great fight to bounce back with Chloe Logie levelling the scoreline. The visitors lead again almost instantly with Made Parsonson's goal sealing the win for the Tier 5 side.

Karleigh Osborne named an unchanged starting 11 to the side which beat London Seaward in the second round of the competition.

The Bees played a back three which consisted of Caroline Englehard, Regan Graver and Samantha Read with Maddie Phillips and Chloe Webb utilised as wing-backs. Captain Mollie Holmes partnered Freya Worsley in the central midfield positions whilst Nikki Woods played in behind, Chloe Logie and Ashley Cheatley.

Fulham started the game the better of the two teams and had a chance early on when Eva Newman fired at goal but her effort went over the bar.

The visitors saw another chance come 10 minutes in when Stella Gandee Morgan found Ellie Olds with a cross but the striker's attempted volley went wide.

The Bees began to grow into the match and nearly found themselves ahead following a stroke of luck. A Chloe Webb cross from the left flank was blown towards goal by the wind, but narrowly went over the bar.

The home side had two incredible chances on the half hour mark the first falling to Ashley Cheatley whose shot from a tight angle went inches wide.

The ball was kept in play and fell to Nikki Woods on the edge of the box, the attacking midfielder played a perfect pass through to Logie but the striker's lifted shot went over.

Evie Witek made a few good saves in the opening half but perhaps the best came on 37 minutes when she got down well to keep out Gamdee Morgan.

Fulham started the second half the better of the two sides and got themselves in front two minutes in after a well placed header from Olds.

Woods had a great chance to equalise moments later when a Cheatley cross dropped to her but her effort went straight at the keeper.

Witek made another smart stop just after the hour mark as Jess Jordan let fly from range but the Brentford keeper was there again to make a top save.

The Bees got themselves on level terms on 72 minutes when a long ball over the top from Woods found Logie who smashed the ball into the roof of the net, with the Brentford crowed erupting into noise.

Fulham regained their lead moments later though when Madi Parsonson forced Witek into making a great save but she smashed home the rebound.

Brentford continued to push forward in numbers in the remaining minutes of the game and had an excellent chance to equalise right at the end of the game when Cheatley ran through on goal.

The striker did an incredible job to snatch the ball off a Fulham defender but Amber Webber did a great job in the Fulham net to keep the ball out.

The visitors displayed some great game management as they saw out their lead well with the Cottagers proceeding through to the fourth round.

Brentford Women: Witek, Phillips, Graver, Engelhard, Holmes (Gjabiamila, 79'), Logie, Webb (Matthews, 64'), Woods, Cheatley, Worsley, Read (Potter, 57')

Subs not used: Holguin, Reid, Aboul Kheir, Troth, Walker

Fulham Women: Webber, Taguavini, Gane, Foreman, Olds, Parsonson, Gandee Morgan, Newman, Mendes, Beaver, Taylor

Subs: Gibbs, Stormer, Taylor-Makepeece, Roberts, Filder, Jordan

Attendance: 719

Karleigh Osborne proud of his side's efforts

Brentford Women's head coach was left disappointed with his side's defeat to Fulham but says he's incredible proud of the journey his team went on in the FA Cup.