Thomas Frank celebrated five years at Brentford this past week, time in which he has established himself and his club in the Premier League. This season threatened to be his most difficult and a first league win since August, the first at home and over potential relegation rivals, proved most welcome. Their victory, including two spectacular goals, might have been more comfortable without another case of VAR confusion.
Vincent Kompany and his team have much to learn from the west London club. “Overall, not good enough,” he admitted. Nine matches in, having beaten only Luton, there are serious grounds for concern over last season’s Championship winners. They failed to cope with what Frank described as the “high pressure, high intensity and big energy” of his team.
