Thomas Frank reminded Brentford that they can not afford to let their requirements slip for a single second within the Premier League after struggling a 4-1 defeat to Southampton.
Brentford have loved an honest first half of their debut Premier League season. They amassed a decent 23 factors from their first 19 matches. However they might not add any extra from their twentieth recreation.
In shedding 4-1 to Southampton, they suffered their heaviest defeat of the season. Jan Bednarek put Saints forward earlier than Vitaly Janelt equalised. Nevertheless, Southampton pulled away through an Alvaro Fernandez personal purpose adopted by strikes from Armando Broja and Che Adams.
Southampton subsequently leapfrogged Brentford within the desk. Bees boss Thomas Frank has subsequently been left to replicate on what went incorrect.
Though they’re nonetheless in a cushty place within the desk, Frank is conscious that they should keep larger requirements – notably defensively – to indicate they belong at this degree.
He informed BBC Sport: “It is extremely clear. Truthful play to Southampton however we have to take a look at ourselves. If we don’t play each second in each Premier League recreation 100% we shall be in large hassle and we didn’t try this right this moment.
“We got here again into the sport however we conceded one other purpose to a set piece and we needed to do higher.
“Usually very sturdy defensive. We gave 5 probabilities away and Southampton scored from 4 of them.
“Objectives change the momentum of video games. I believe first half we have to be a lot better on the ball and take extra care on the ball. We didn’t try this.
“We gave little or no away and will have stayed within the recreation however within the second half we had been too open.
“Each recreation we win or study. We will certainly study lots from this recreation. It is going to be so exhausting to observe again however it’s a reminder we now have to be 100% each recreation or we shall be punished.”
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Janelt, the person who quickly restored parity for Brentford, additionally feels there’s loads for Brentford to study from the loss.
Nevertheless, the midfielder was not getting too disheartened. He insisted they’ll decide up factors from a difficult run of video games forward. Fixtures with Liverpool, Manchester United and Wolves await within the the rest of January.
Janelt stated: “It wasn’t our greatest match however we now have to stay up for the subsequent match and hold our head up.
“We play each recreation with the depth as excessive as attainable. However right this moment I don’t know what occurred. We now have to study from this and go once more.
“We now have each week an opportunity to get three factors. No-one anticipated us to get three factors towards Aston Villa. Each week can change.
“Subsequent one and a half week is hard. Three powerful video games however we now have to provide every thing as all the time and hopefully get some factors.”
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