Thomas Frank: Five-year anniversary meal will taste better after Brentford win
Brentford manager Thomas Frank celebrated the victory over Burnley (Ben Whitley/PA)
Thomas Frank admitted his five-year anniversary celebration meal will taste a lot better after Brentford’s 3-0 Premier League win over 10-man Burnley.
The Bees had not won at home all season but goals from Yoane Wissa, Bryan Mbeumo and Saman Ghoddos left Frank toasting half a decade in charge in style.
“It was very good performance, a completely well-deserved win,” said Frank.
“The first half was maybe our best performance this season. We should have probably been 3-0 up – that’s the only negative.
“That’s us at home, having attack after attack, high intensity. A very strong performance. In the second half, Burnley got a little bit into the game but 2-0 killed them off.”
Frank, who took charge of the Bees in October 2018, added: “I’m just privileged and happy to have been here almost seven years and five years as head coach.
“It’s definitely better to celebrate with a win. I will be having a good glass of red and a bit of tapas, I think.”
There was another VAR issue for fourth official Darren England to deal with after Neal Maupay had an early header ruled out.
Nathan Collins was clearly onside when he hooked Mbeumo’s free-kick back across goal, while his central-defensive partner Kristoffer Ajer was standing beyond him in an offside position.
But it was Collins who was given offside by VAR Stuart Attwell according to the big screen in the ground, leaving England – only just returning to Premier League duty after he oversaw the VAR fiasco at Tottenham against Liverpool last month – to face the wrath of Frank.
In fact it was subsequently explained by the PGMOL that Ajer had been given offside, as he was obstructing Lyle Foster.
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