Thomas Frank's 'irritated' admission sums up why Man Utd want Brentford manager

Brentford brag Thomas Frank has agelong been among the candidates for the Manchester United job, with the Dane boosting his estimation aft seeing his broadside bushed Ipswich connected Saturday

Brentford manager Thomas Frank should person nary concerns astir matching expectations astatine Manchester United aft his latest comments.

The Dane has agelong been linked with a determination to Old Trafford. Talk implicit his aboriginal has intensified implicit caller weeks with suggestions that helium is among the contenders to perchance instrumentality the reins from under-fire Erik 10 Hag.

And portion United chiefs look acceptable to instrumentality with the Dutchman for the timebeing, Frank has shown helium would instantly rise standards with the Red Devils. Speaking aft watching his existent broadside spot disconnected Ipswich successful Saturday’s thrilling 4-3 win, helium inactive expressed his displeasure.

Speaking to Match of the Day, Frank said: "Being wholly honest, I americium inactive irritated. In galore ways we did not bash good enough, truthful large respect and praise to Ipswich. They were by acold the amended squad for the archetypal fourty minutes, determination was lone 1 squad connected the transportation - 1 of our worst ever successful the Premier League.

"The past 5 was amended and past 2nd fractional we were intelligibly the amended squad and got backmost to 3-2 up and past lacked the slayer instinct to decorativeness it off.

"To beryllium just a superb transverse and decorativeness for 3-3, truthful good played for them. And past for the 4-3 we had immoderate margins spell with us, we enactment a batch of crosses successful and if you support doing that past possibly determination is simply a mistake astatine the extremity of one. Let's enactment it this way, erstwhile we play it is exciting."

Brentford had looked similar they were heading for decision against Ipswich arsenic quickfire strikes from Ipswich brace Sammie Szmodics and George Hirst enactment the visitors successful control. But Brentford recovered themselves level astatine the interruption acknowledgment to a Yoane Wissa onslaught and Harry Clarke’s ain goal.

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And contempt his side’s recovery, Frank was inactive near furious. He added: "Yes I said astatine fractional clip I was angry, it is not often that I americium that irritated but we were truthful poor. In the shot and the Premier League we instrumentality thing for granted, truthful we request to bask the win."

Brentford past managed to crook the crippled connected its caput soon aft the interruption done Bryan Mbeumo. Despite being reduced to 10 men aft Clarke’s reddish card, Liam Delap equalised for Ipswich, lone for Mbeumo to people again successful the 96th infinitesimal to unafraid a melodramatic triumph for Brentford.

The 3 points permission Frank’s broadside ninth successful the array - 2 points wide of United, who instrumentality connected West Ham connected Sunday. The Red Devils could perchance leap into the top-half with triumph astatine the London Stadium.

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