Walsall 2 Brentford 2

Clayton Donaldson knocked the stuffing out of Walsall - and the wind out of a snapper.

Moroccan Farid El Alagui headed the ball across the face of goal in the 90th minute and co-striker Donaldson nodded in his fourth goal in five games at the far post.

Bees striker Donaldson, 28, revealed:

"Our local paper's photographer has been asking me to run towards him when I score, but I didn't see him and I ran straight over him. He'll have got a good close up!"

Midfielder Jonathan Douglas pulled one back when he controlled the ball with his chest in the edge of the box before volleying in his first of the season in the 86th minute and Donaldson, 28, admitted:

"We'd both missed a few chances and so when I scored the first thing I did was look to the linesman to make sure he had his flag down. I thought I was bound to be offside the way things were going.

I'm pleased the way the season has started though. I usually start slowly, but that's four goals in four games so far and so things are looking good."

George Bowerman had taken just a minute to help put Walsall two goals ahead.

In the 28th minute Bowerman raced onto a pass from defender Andy Taylor before cutting in from the left wing to feed winger Jamie Paterson who drilled in his first of the campaign from close to the penalty spot.

Bowerman then helped himself to his second of the season in the 29th minute.

Local lad Bowerman out-muscled central defender Tony Craig and left him on his backside before hitting a low shot past helpless keeper Simon Moore from 14 yards and said:

"The experts tipped us for relegation, but that's just motivated us to prove them wrong."

But the Bees had dominated before Peterson's opener.

Douglas glanced a header over from the edge of the box in the eighteenth minute and Donaldson blew a gilt-edged chance when he failed to connect properly from fourteen yards one minute later.

El Alagui came close in the 70th minute, but the summer signing from Falkirk saw his shot hit the bar from twelve yards.

Brentford boss Uwe Rosler said:

"I'm happy with the fight back. We showed character, but overall I'm not happy with the point. We gifted them two goals. Credit to them for the fightback but overall I am not happy with a point. I didn’t say much at half time. I just told them all to go out and turn it round. Sometimes players have to take responsibility themselves."

Saddlers manager Dean Smith admitted:

"When we went two goals up it looked as though we would run away with the game. We didn't want half time to come. It allowed our visitors to regroup. I'm disappointed because we've let a two goal lead slip, but we have to take positives from the game. We're a young team still and maybe that played a part."

My piece from yesterday's paper

My clipping from this morning's paper