"Unplayable" was Bees manager Thomas Frank's assessment of Bryan Mbeumo's performance in Brentford's 4-2 Premier League win over Newcastle on Saturday – and it is hard to disagree.

The striker bullied the away defence into submission to help maintain the best home record in the division and lift Brentford up to sixth at the full-time whistle.

Mbeumo scored the opener with a fine cut inside from the right before curling home a left-footed finish and he assisted the closer with a clever ball to Kevin Schade to chip over the advancing Nick Pope.

But Mbeumo was not alone. As ever, he was backed up by attacking partner in crime Yoane Wissa. If one does not get you, the other will – and on days like this when both are on form, Brentford as a whole are virtually unplayable.

Wissa scored the pick of the six goals at Gtech Community Stadium to make it 2-1 after 28 minutes, pouncing on a loose Harvey Barnes pass and advancing on a timid Newcastle defence before curling past Pope from 20 yards.

While summer signing Igor Thiago made his long-awaited first Brentford start as central striker following a knee injury, it was his supporting acts who took the limelight.

Frank was fulsome in his praise of both when speaking to BBC Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker.

"Wissa is great, the way he links up and goes forward, and gets in behind the back line for tap-ins," he said.

"And Bryan Mbeumo today was unplayable. The way he holds the ball up and links play, like today to Kevin Schade [for the fourth goal] was very impressive."