Coming into the fixture having not won in the last 14 Premier League games in the capital and the game transformed during three remarkable minutes.
Mario Lemina headed Wolves ahead before Hwang Hee-chan made it 2-0 after a major Brentford error from their own kick-off by former Wolves defender Nathan Collins.
In an action packed 180 seconds, Yoane Wissa then turned home for the hosts.
Once the game settled down and 12 minutes after Wissa’s strike, Hwang added a second to restore Wolves’ two-goal lead.
The second half saw less action as Brentford took control, but Wolves defended well before finding a fourth through Jean-Ricner Bellegarde to secure all three points, following another Collins mistake.
Mario Lemina headed Wolves ahead before Hwang Hee-chan made it 2-0 after a major Brentford error from their own kick-off by former Wolves defender Nathan Collins.
In an action packed 180 seconds, Yoane Wissa then turned home for the hosts.
Once the game settled down and 12 minutes after Wissa’s strike, Hwang added a second to restore Wolves’ two-goal lead.
The second half saw less action as Brentford took control, but Wolves defended well before finding a fourth through Jean-Ricner Bellegarde to secure all three points, following another Collins mistake.
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00:00 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. That was a pretty incredible one too.
00:04 It was, played really well, moved the ball really well, good formation from the start,
00:09 looked good, scored good goals.
00:11 Everybody thought this would be a tight game, 0-0, 1-0 either side,
00:14 three goals in three minutes and we hadn't even got 15 minutes on the clock.
00:17 It was bizarre. Neil Collins still thinks he plays for us I think maybe,
00:22 but yeah, you can't argue with it. We played really well, took our goals and
00:26 took our chances when they came, which we don't normally do.
00:30 It was a superb turnaround for Gary O'Neill as well, because a lot of people were saying
00:33 it's lovely to have the home form, but if you can't give it away as well,
00:37 then is the longevity there? I think he proved today that he was fantastic.
00:43 I think everybody thought 0-0, 1-0 either way, but insane game.
00:47 It was absolutely insane. I don't think Collins will sleep too well tonight.
00:51 Every ball we got, we just aimed at him, kicked over his head to try and see if we could hit it.
00:56 They played really well. It was a bit of a weird feeling because we were 3-1
01:01 and I was still thinking we could still lose this. It was a bit odd.
01:04 The fourth goal sort of killed it off, but I thought the fans were amazing.
01:08 What do you make of that then? Unbelievable? Amazing. Brilliant away performance,
01:12 great attacking play and they looked solid. They looked good.
01:16 Brentford 10 days rested, but Wolves were the ones who were pressured in there.
01:19 Yes, of course they did. We looked sharp, we looked good attacking,
01:22 we looked like we were scoring lots of goals, which is brilliant.
01:25 It's what we've wanted for us for a couple of seasons now.
01:28 Like you say, Brentford had 10 days rest before this game, so to finish like that
01:31 and to score and to win the second half 1-0 as well, fantastic.
01:35 Yes, absolutely. We stopped it right again. Jean came on and did a good job, scored a good goal.
01:40 We looked alright. We looked solid all the way through, which we don't always do.
01:44 Yes, a conker play. Kwang-hee Chan, 10 goals this season, Mario Lamina looks like a striker.
01:49 It's fantastic, isn't it? Lamina is superb. His tackling is magnificent.
01:53 Everything he does is top-notch.
01:57 We were all so nervous going into the season without Neves and Moutinho.
02:02 I think we struck very lucky with Lamina and Gomes.
02:06 Gomes is top-notch again.
02:08 Absolutely. The Gary Neal chant for at least 30 minutes, probably, in that second half
02:12 when we were struggling, but was superb.
02:15 Exactly. The way they managed that second half, like you say, the game was in the balance to a certain extent,
02:19 even being 3-1 up, but to manage that game in the second half and win it 1-0, massive really.
02:24 It was just brilliant. I think the subs were good because we had a strong bench with a couple coming back
02:30 and a lot stronger than what they had, so even though we were going to make subs,
02:33 it was going to make it stronger where we'd probably been weaker in the past. It was superb.
02:38 Virgil, in the top ten, did you think that would be the case at the start of the season?
02:42 No, we all knew it was going to be a weak bottom three, but we thought maybe lower off.
02:50 We never dreamed of upper nines, tens.
02:54 Some big performances out there tonight, weren't there?
02:56 Great performances. Cunha is a work machine. He's a different class. He's a level above.
03:02 Baloghard runs his socks off. Jose Sarr is a great keeper, great asset. Not brilliant on the ball, but he's great.
03:14 Great team performance.
03:18 I think the way they've come out, particularly in the last couple of weeks, and stuck together with the way they've played,
03:24 has been really, really good.
03:26 What can they do this season, do you think? It will be a good season. Is this a good season at the moment, 11th tonight?
03:30 It's a fantastic season. I think it is, considering how we started the season, going into it manager-less.
03:38 Famous relegation.
03:40 No money to spend. I think we've done very well so far.
03:44 I think you'd expect to be 12th or 13th. If we can get ourselves above that, I think it's been a really, really good season.
03:49 If we can buy someone in January, even better.