Bournemouth boss Marco Rose absolved blundering goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic of any blame after his winless start to Premier League management was extended to four games by a draw with Brentford.

The Cherries were on course for a maiden top-flight victory of the season when goals from Justin Kluivert and Marcus Tavernier overturned Kevin Schade’s headed opener at the Vitality Stadium.

But Schade capitalised on a dreadful pass from Petrovic to lob his second of the afternoon into an unguarded net in the 56th minute and dampen Rose’s mood following his 50th birthday on Friday.

In addition to that howler, defender Antonio Silva and winger Rayan were guilty of shocking misses on another frustrating day for the south-coast club, while substitute Ben Gannon-Doak hit the woodwork in stoppage time.

“It’s part of the game, everyone is a human being, even our goalkeeper, or our centre defender, or our full-back, or our striker who is not scoring,” said Rose.

“I don’t care about the mistake. I felt that even though we conceded this goal we are able to win the game because we were the better team.

“He [Petrovic] is going to win games for us, and he did it already, so this is part of football. Of course Petro knows that the decision maybe was [a mistake] but he has to do it in one, two, three, four seconds.

“I’m never going to blame a player of mine. For me, it’s not about mistakes. For me, it’s about the reaction to mistakes. He needs to stay confident. Petro is our number one, and I think he already proved that he is a good number one.”

Brentford managed just two attempts on target, with Petrovic getting a hand to Schade’s first goal but unable to keep it out.

Bournemouth have now dropped points from winning positions in each of their league matches under Rose after conceding late on in an opening defeat at Manchester City and draws with Everton and Newcastle.

“Lucky me, not a late goal,” joked the German coach. “We played well again, put in a lot of effort, had a good attitude, we played quite confident, had better stats than Brentford.

“But in the end they score two goals with two shots on target, and we scored two goals with 10 shots on target.”

Unbeaten Brentford, for whom Caoimhín Kelleher did well, moved on to six points from a possible 12 following a third consecutive draw.

Bees head coach Keith Andrews believes goal-scorer Schade has “taken his game to a new level”.

“He’s in a good rhythm, he’s come back in pre-season and had a really nice focus about him and concentration,” Andrews said of the German forward.

“He’s looked very confident in every aspect of the game. He’s such an important player for us in different phases, whether it’s transition, set-pieces – defensively I trust him implicitly when he has to track runners.

“And obviously now he’s just taken his game to a new level in terms of the goals he’s scoring and the way he’s looking in the final third, which is what forwards get judged on.”