WANDERERS fought back from behind twice to put a major dent in Brentford’s play-off ambitions at Griffin Park.

Adam Le Fondre and Mark Davies restored parity after Lee Pritchard then Jonathan Douglas had given the West Londoners a 2-1 half-time lead.

Neil Lennon had dropped Barry Bannan and Neil Danns from his squad for a breach of club discipline and was also missing the injured Josh Vela and Matt Mills.

But his patched-up side performed admirably, given the circumstances, and went close to claiming all three points when Mark Davies and Eidur Gudjohnsen came into their own in the second half.

Wanderers shaded the early exchanges and should have been ahead when Tom Walker played Emile Heskey through on goal, the England striker steadying himself but passing his shot inches wide of the post.

Brentford played some decent football but lacked a final ball for the opening half hour. The closest the Bees came was a dipping free kick from Alan Judge which just cleared the bar.

By contrast, the Whites were favouring a very direct approach, getting little joy from the referee’s assistant who flagged Le Fondre, Heskey and Liam Feeney offside no fewer than seven times in the first 30 minutes.

Liam Feeney got a decent sight of goal on 31 minutes after some good work from Le Fondre but his angled effort was blocked by the legs of keeper Button.

There then followed a chaotic seven-minute spell which yielded three goals.

Brentford made the breakthrough with a classic counter attack, exploiting a huge gap left by Dorian Dervite on the right – the Frenchman protesting he had been struck in the face – Judge surged into the penalty box and passed square for Pritchard to ram his shot past Bogdan.

But Griffin Park was silenced a few moments later when Heskey provided a perfect pass for Le Fondre to slot his eighth goal of the season past Button for the equaliser.

Just when Lennon would have been looking for a semblance on control at the break, his side were behind again.

They had already been given a warning shot as Andre Gray’s thunderbolt rattled off the post.

But when Dean Moxey finally succumbed to the hamstring injury he had picked up earlier in the half and as the Whites tried desperately to get Mark Davies on to the pitch, play continued as Judge’s cross was headed home at the far post by Douglas.

Wanderers made a decent start to the second half and should have dragged themselves level.

Le Fondre sent one disappointing shot over the bar from the edge of the box and then nearly scrambled Walker’s low corner over the line a few minutes later.

There was a big shout for a penalty just after the hour mark when Oscar Threlkeld’s cross seemed to bounce off Jake Bidwell’s arm and out for a throw.

But after glancing at his linesman, ref Carl Boyeson waved away the protests and pointed for a corner.

Not long after that the Whites grabbed a deserved second, albeit through the most fortuitous circumstances.

Button made a complete hash of a back-pass, allowing Davies to chase him down, nick the ball and roll it into the net.

It was end-to-end stuff, with Bogdan making a brilliant sprawling save from Stuart Dallas at the far post But Wanderers held firm in five minutes of added time to keep hold of a point few will argue they did not deserve on the day.