Aleksandar Mitrovic headed a late winner as Fulham beat Brentford to earn a first win in 25 top-flight London derbies.

Brentford had fought back from 2-0 down before Mitrovic, who forced David Raya into a couple of fine saves, finally found the net with a guided header at Craven Cottage.

Fulham had led after 44 seconds when Bobby Decordova-Reid tapped in from close range, before summer signing Joao Palhinha doubled their advantage with a thumping header.

Christian Norgaard may have been fortunate to avoid a red card for a late challenge on Jay Stansfield but he opened the scoring for the visitors with a sweetly struck volley straight from a corner.

Ivan Toney had two goals ruled out for offside before dragging the visitors level in a first Premier League meeting between the two sides.

But a first win of the season sees Fulham move up to fourth in the table after maintaining their unbeaten start to the season, while the Bees drop to fifth.

Mitrovic later said: "Amazing feeling. I think it was a good derby. Lots of goals, turnovers and in the end we managed to get the win. We made it difficult for ourselves and in the end I managed to get a goal after missing a couple of chances.

"He [David Raya] made it so hard for me today. I missed a lot of chances and lots of ups and downs but I never gave up. I stayed calm and kept believing.

"The manager [Marco Silva] has changed the club, the way we play and the way we believe. We never give up. Today we deserved three points. We are happy to get that first three points and be still undefeated after three games."