Brentford are into the quarter-finals of the Carabao Cup for the third time in five seasons and, as Thomas Frank led his team on a victory lap after beating Sheffield Wednesday on penalties, the thought occurred that the Dane will not spend too long dwelling on missing out on the Manchester United job.
There was a satisfied smile on Frank’s face, although he knew it had not been an entirely comfortable evening for his team. Brentford made heavy weather of it after an early goal from Kevin Schade, their focus and intensity fading after half-time, and they could have paid for their failure to kill off their Championship opponents.
