Brentford were held to a 1-1 draw by Leeds United in the Premier League on Sunday afternoon.

Jordan Henderson's first goal for the club was cancelled out by Dominic Calvert-Lewin as the points were shared at Gtech Community Stadium.

Keith Andrews made four changes to the side that lost at Tottenham Hotspur eight days earlier. Aaron Hickey, Vitaly Janelt, Mathias Jensen and Keane Lewis-Potter came into the starting XI, with Kristoffer Ajer, Yehor Yarmoliuk and Mikkel Damsgaard named on the bench and Kevin Schade missing out through suspension.

Leeds had the first opportunity after nine minutes. Calvert-Lewin raced onto a pass in behind Sepp van den Berg before playing the ball across the face of goal, but it was out of the reach of strike partner Noah Okafor.

Caoimhín Kelleher was called into action midway through a quiet first half at the Gtech. Janelt intercepted a pass 35 yards out and inadvertently played Okafor through on goal. Nathan Collins recovered well to force the effort to be taken from a tight angle, and his Republic of Ireland team-mate made himself big to block the shot with his body before collecting the loose ball.

Okafor continued to look lively for Leeds. A few minutes later, he worked his way to the byline and, under pressure from Collins and Janelt, drilled a low cross which Kelleher diverted away from goal with an outstretched leg.

Shortly afterwards, Brentford thought they had been awarded a golden opportunity to open the scoring at the other end. Jensen sent in a teasing left-footed cross for Dango Ouattara, who was then bundled over by Gabriel Gudmundsson at the back post. Referee John Brooks initially awarded a penalty, but the decision was overturned by VAR due to the Burkina Faso international being in an offside position.

There were chances at both ends late in the half. First, Lewis-Potter saw a left-footed strike from inside the area denied by Lucas Perri before, a minute later, Okafor blasted a volley over the bar after Calvert-Lewin's cross had been headed back into the six-yard box by Ao Tanaka.

Andrews introduced Damsgaard and Rico Henry from the bench with just over an hour played and less than 10 minutes later, the two substitutes combined as Brentford broke the deadlock.

Damsgaard split the Leeds defence with a delightful pass to Henry, who fired a low ball towards the six-yard box. Jaka Bijol could only get a toe on the ball and Henderson was in the right place to sidefoot home a first Premier League goal since December 2021 before paying tribute to his former Liverpool team-mate, the late Diogo Jota, with his celebration.

Kelleher made an impressive save to maintain Brentford's lead less than five minutes later. After Ethan Ampadu's long throw had been half cleared by van den Berg, a combination of Okafor and Brenden Aaronson sent a half-volley towards the top corner. The Bees' no.1 got up well to claw it away from goal.

Ouattara won the latest battle against Gudmundsson to create the west Londoners' next chance but, after skipping past the Swedish full-back and driving into the box, there wasn't enough on his pass to Jensen and Leeds cleared.

The visitors levelled the scores on 82 minutes. Ampadu passed the ball out to Wilfried Gnonto on the right wing and he delivered a looping cross to the back post for Calvert-Lewin to glance into the far corner of Kelleher's goal.

Leeds almost turned the game on its head a few minutes later but Ampadu's drilled effort from 25 yards fell just wide of the bottom corner.

Brentford had the final opportunity in stoppage-time but, after Damsgaard's attempted through ball for Thiago had been cleared to the edge of the area, Ouattara's shot flew over.

Brentford (4-3-3): Kelleher; Kayode, Collins, van den Berg, Hickey (Henry 61); Henderson, Janelt (Yarmoliuk 80), Jensen (Ajer 81); Ouattara, Thiago, Lewis-Potter (Damsgaard 61)

Subs: Valdimarsson, Pinnock, Onyeka, Donovan, Peart-Harris

Leeds (5-3-2): Perri; Bogle, Struijk, Rodon, Bijol (Gnonto 73), Gudmundsson (Justin 89); Tanaka (Aaronson 73), Ampadu, Stach; Calvert-Lewin, Okafor (Harrison 90+2)

Subs: Darlow, Piroe, Bornauw, Byram, Gruev

Attendance: 17, 159

Andrews: We didn't hit the heights today

Brentford head coach Keith Andrews has commented on what was a "frustrating" game, but one that ended in what was "probably a fair result".

"It was always going to be a difficult game," he said.

"We were facing a team that came up, respected the league in terms of how they recruited - physically and athletically - the results they had in recent weeks against Chelsea and Liverpool.

"We faced them at a time when they were probably at the peak of their season, and we didn't hit the heights in terms of what we have done, particularly at home.

"It's frustrating in certain ways but, equally, it's a point that's probably a fair result, and we move on."

Henderson on first goal and Jota tribute

Jordan Henderson reflected after scoring his first Brentford goal in Sunday's 1-1 draw against Leeds United.

"We always knew it was going to be a difficult game," said the England international midfielder.

"Leeds are a good side who have had some really good results of late, so we knew they’d come and make it a difficult game, which they did.

"Their formation is quite hard to break down but I think, once we got our nose in front, we were disappointed not to win the game and keep a clean sheet."

On dedicating his goal to the late Diogo Jota, Henderson added: "I don’t score many goals.

"It was his birthday recently. He’s someone that we’ll never forget and I felt that, once I did score, I was always going to dedicate it to him."