Thomas Frank ‘irritated’ despite dramatic Brentford win

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·26 October 2024

Thomas Frank ‘irritated’ despite dramatic Brentford win

Thomas Frank says his Brentford side put in one of their “worst ever” performances in the Premier League on Saturday.

Ipswich took a two-goal lead in the first half of a thrilling encounter at the Gtech Community Stadium, but the Bees drew level before the break.

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Bryan Mbeumo put the hosts ahead from the penalty spot shortly after the interval, but impact substitute Liam Delap equalised late on.

Ten-man Ipswich couldn’t hold onto a vital point however, as Mbeumo’s curling cross duped the defence and flew into the net to win the game deep into stoppage time.

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“Being completely honest, I am still irritated,” Frank told BBC Match of the Day after the final whistle.

“In many ways we did not do well enough, so big respect and praise to Ipswich. They were by far the better team for the first forty minutes, there was only one team on the pitch – one of our worst ever in the Premier League.

“The last five was better and then second half we were clearly the better team and got back to 3-2 up and then lacked the killer instinct to finish it off.

“To be fair a brilliant cross and finish for 3-3, so well played for them. And then for the 4-3 we had some margins go with us, we put a lot of crosses in and if you keep doing that then maybe there is a mistake at the end of one. Let’s put it this way, when we play it is exciting.”

Frank believes it was “massively important” Brentford came away with the win after such a topsy-turvy contest. “It is fantastic mentality to come back from 2-0 down, and then in the end to win the game right at the last moment is big,” he said.

“Last year we had a long spell of games that we could not win but this season we finally managed to win these sorts of games.”

Asked if his players can do better, he responded: “Yes, I said at half time I was angry, it is not often that I am that irritated but we were so poor. In the football and the Premier League we take nothing for granted, so we need to enjoy the win.”

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