Frank on Brentford's disappointing loss against Man City
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00:00 Take another sip.
00:07 Okay team we are facing tonight, I must say.
00:18 Good performance overall from us, I would say.
00:25 We do a lot of things right during the game.
00:30 I think in the first half we defend very well, we limit them to shots outside the box.
00:38 And of course a big chance to Holland, but that was a perfect slight pass from Vitaly to him.
00:43 I don't want to give them credit for that.
00:46 And a fantastic save from Mark.
00:51 And then of course it's a little bit... In a way you rather want them to put it to the top corner instead of that...
01:00 What do you call it?
01:05 It's not disappointing, it's not what I'm searching for.
01:09 A goal where we do probably a little mistake and it drops for them just before half-time.
01:16 We've done so many things right.
01:20 And then second half we clearly focused on closing De Bruyne down.
01:24 I think we did a good job on that.
01:26 And then we gave him just that split second, too much time, perfect pass.
01:30 And a little bit we can do better in the box, to be fair.
01:34 But we need to close De Bruyne down.
01:37 Those two situations and our chance to Norgard and Ivan is a difference in this game.
01:43 In a game where we do a lot of things right.
01:45 If we want to get something out against cities that we know are fully firing, fully power.
01:52 But I still think we made it very difficult for them.
01:55 Mark Clutton has received his fair share of criticism this season.
01:58 But you have a very impressive first half. What do you make of his performance?
02:01 I think overall performance.
02:05 I think he... His best game of the season, I would say.
02:09 I'm pleased for him that the fans were singing his name.
02:12 He deserved that.
02:14 I think he's been better than all the critic he's been receiving.
02:20 To be fair, I haven't read anything, but some of you guys are saying I got feed a little bit from Chris.
02:26 Or maybe it's only these keyboard writers out there, but our warriors or whatever we call them.
02:32 But I think he's been good. I think in general his season has been good with distribution.
02:36 I think in general he's been fine out in the box, dominating that.
02:40 I think the last bit was some of these crucial saves that I think...
02:44 And today he did some fantastic saves that we know he can.
02:48 And he's just coming into a new league, adjusting.
02:50 And I think he's coming in OK.
02:53 And I think it's been much worse than it has been actual on performance.
02:57 But today he showed why we signed him. And hopefully he'll progress like this.
03:01 There was an incident between Neil Mowgay and Kyle Walker.
03:04 Pep Guardiola got involved as well. Do you know anything about that?
03:07 No.
03:10 No.
03:12 You know nothing at all about it?
03:14 No.
03:16 Any officials looking into it?
03:19 No.
03:20 You must have seen it, right?
03:21 Yeah, I saw them talk to each other.
03:23 Have you lost focus since Neil?
03:25 No.
03:27 That's not my first focus after a game. We lost a few other bits.
03:30 I know I need to talk to you guys, so I focus more on the football side, if that's OK.
03:35 What's your goal, Thomas?
03:38 You've got the spirit. Thomas Frank, who's your goal?
03:42 Yeah.
03:45 We know, of course, we have a strength there with Ivan.
03:51 We don't do it all the time, but against a team that are pressing
03:55 and doing well in that area, we know we can hurt them.
03:59 So that was part of the game plan.
04:02 I will give the main credit to Mark and Ivan and Neil.
04:06 I think they worked that out themselves.
04:09 The only thing I would say was today that we work around Ivan,
04:14 where I think it's the best position he will be, and then they worked that.
04:17 So we started to go to the left, and then he found other positions.
04:21 So well done by them players.
04:23 You've had two games where really top teams have conceded a goal,
04:29 but you've had performances that perhaps don't reflect the score.
04:34 You must feel as if you're very close to the performances.
04:39 Yeah, and I feel that.
04:42 And I know that's what we need to take from this, no doubt.
04:48 These last three performances, I actually think the last two,
04:52 and of course we're facing Tottenham away and City home,
04:57 these last two performances have been better than the Nottingham performances
05:00 we were winning or we won the game.
05:03 So there's a lot of positive, and there's a lot of players performing out there.
05:07 And I think Rengilong also today was very positive and showed why we signed him.
05:13 So Neil scoring for the fifth game in a row.
05:17 So I think there's a lot of positive that we need to take going forward.
05:23 [Question]
05:27 Yeah, potentially.
05:32 I think he's in a very good place and maybe a little bit more rhythm,
05:36 maybe he would have taken them, but he's in a good place.
05:42 Okay.
05:43 [Question]
05:49 I think he was very good defending, very aggressive.
05:54 And I think he came flying forward, positive, composed on the ball
05:59 and I think he gave us a different dimension going forward.
06:06 So I'm really pleased with that.
06:07 And it was his first start since, I think it was 12th of December,
06:12 something like that.
06:13 So it's natural, just take a little time to build the full fitness.
06:16 And we also see he was breathing a bit in the second half a few times.
06:19 So hopefully this is giving him a lot and he will be in an even better place
06:24 on Saturday.
06:26 [Question]
06:32 I think actually Keane did very well against Tottenham, very well.
06:37 So it was a little bit, "Mmm."
06:39 But we are facing the best team in the world today
06:43 and Sadio is just a tiny bit more defensive-minded.
06:47 I think Keane can play both wing-backs, both sides.
06:51 I was thinking he played to the right if necessary, and of course on top.
06:56 And actually he played twice on top in the 3-5-2, scored both.
07:02 So I was a little bit, "Hmm, him or Neil?"
07:04 But Neil was in such a good form now scoring five games in a row,
07:10 then you of course keep him.
07:12 [Question]
07:26 Yeah, in terms of finally having the right players in.
07:31 Yeah, definitely. I think all of them benefited from it.
07:36 The small communication, the small relations,
07:38 the small bits where they just do the right things.
07:42 So there are still bits we can improve.
07:44 I think the first one I need to look through again to be completely sure.
07:49 The second one, there's a little bit how we defend that ball in behind.
07:54 [Question]
08:06 I think no matter what you do in life, I think it's important to look forward.
08:09 It's difficult to go forward if you're constantly looking over your shoulder.
08:13 So I'm looking forward to the next game.
08:16 Okay. Thank you very much, everybody.
08:18 Thank you, guys. Thank you.
08:19 Thank you.
08:20 (water splashing)
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