Frank pleased with comeback but wants Bees to tighten up

Brentford head coach Thomas Frank urged his side to tighten up at the back – despite thrashing Blackburn for their biggest win since the opening day of the season.

Frank’s side were 2-0 down inside the first seven minutes at Griffin Park before recovering to triumph 5-2 thanks to Ollie Watkins’ brace and goals from Said Benrahma, Neal Maupay and substitute Sergi Canos.[phone]

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But the Bees boss played down his side’s overall performance, which he felt was inferior to the standards they reached in their previous home game, a 3-1 win against Stoke.

“Turning the game from 2-0 down into 5-2 is very pleasing and I’m very proud of them but we can’t start like this again,” said Frank.

“Both goals were good from Blackburn, but we need to do better defensively. I think we were a little bit flat and it was disappointing because we highlighted so much that Blackburn are a good side – and a good side in form.

“But I looked at the players’ body language and the way they communicated with each other – they didn’t panic. That was the best thing, that we defended well in the second half and it was difficult for Blackburn to break us down.

“Throughout the game, I don’t think it was a top performance. Stoke was a top performance and I think that game was even more pleasing because we controlled it.”

Frank confirmed he does not intend to make many changes to his line-up when Brentford take on National League side Barnet in their FA Cup fourth-round replay at Griffin Park on Tuesday.

However, the Bees could be without left wing-back Rico Henry, who went off injured at half-time and will be assessed in the next 24 hours.

“I think Barnet played the match of their life (in the 3-3 draw at The Hive) and we’ll definitely respect them on Tuesday,” added Frank.

“I have two dreams – one is to go on a cup run on Tuesday and the one after that is the next game. You can’t look further ahead.
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