Brentford drew their third Premier League game of the season as they came back from behind to draw to Bournemouth.
Mathias Jensen opened the scoring early on with a clever free kick catching Norberto Neto out at the near post.
The Cherries went on to take the lead late in proceedings. Dominic Solanke equalised, before a superb David Brooks goal put the visitors ahead.
Bryan Mbuemo yet again came to his side’s aid, scoring three minutes into stoppage time to rescue a point.
The Bee’s had 61% possession, nine more shots than their opponents and created five big chances throughout the game.
No doubting the performance, but clinicality needs to be better.
What has Thomas Frank said?
“On the performance, I’m very happy, first half was good and the second half was fantastic.”
Frank was visibly happy with his team, in spite of the result.
The Dane understands that over the course of the season, performances are more important than results, especially this early in the season.
When dissecting the performance, he said: “We were completely all over Bournemouth in the second half, in terms of creating chances.
“The amount of big chances we created was like 4 or 5, so if you look at the overall game we easily should have won.”
It wasn’t a case of not creating chances, but one mistake and it was capitalised on: “We had a few massive chances before they score and its a mistake, it happens.”
Although the result wasn’t what he wanted, the way they secured the point wasn’t lost on Frank: “When you equalise in 90+3 you’ve got to be happy with a point.
“The mentality of this team is fantastic. They never give up.”
Based on the smile on his face and the way he spoke up his team, you would believe his team had won.
This wasn’t the case but the positivity continued: “I can’t praise my team enough. I would have loved to stand here with three points but the character and performance of the team I’m so proud.”
Not the result that was wanted, a great performance and plenty of positives to take forward into the international break.