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Brentford earned their first Premier League away win of the season to ruin Nuno Espirito Santo's first home game in charge of struggling West Ham. The visitors, who lost their opening three away league matches, were by far the better side as goals from Igor Thiago and Mathias Jensen sank a woeful Hammers outfit who remain 19th in the table.