Ben Watson's second goal in as many home games took Nottingham Forest into the Championship's automatic promotion places as Sabri Lamouchi's side beat Brentford 1-0.
Watson had not scored for three-and-a-half years prior to his strike that beat Barnsley 1-0 at home a fortnight ago.
The midfielder was again the difference against the Bees, scoring a stunning 12-yard volley in the 56th minute to lift Forest up to second in the table, level on points with new leaders West Brom.
Tiago Silva almost broke the deadlock in the 34th minute, striking a 25-yard free-kick narrowly past David Raya's right-hand post after Julian Jeanvier had brought down Yuri Ribeiro.
With the last kick of the half, Brentford responded with a dead-ball delivery of their own following Watson's mis-timed tackle on Sergi Canos.
From 35 yards Jensen's curler took a wicked deflection off the wall, forcing a scampering Samba to punch clear to his left after he had initially set off to his right.
The breakthrough finally arrived 11 minutes after the interval, spawned by a sensational intervention from Bees skipper Pontus Jansson as he took the ball off Grabban's toes and away for a corner as the striker lined up an angled drive.
But from Silva's inswinging delivery, inadvertently flicked on by Jeanvier at the near post, Joe Worrall provided a cushioned header towards Watson who then struck a thunderous volley past Raya.
The closest the visitors came to an equaliser was just after the hour when Bryan Mbuemo struck a rising drive from the edge of the area that was two yards over the bar.
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