Thomas Frank shows true colours with message to referee after 'mistake' in Tottenham loss

Brentford brag Thomas Frank was adamant Spurs goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario handled the shot extracurricular his punishment container during his side's 3-1 decision astatine Tottenham but helium had nary involvement successful utilizing the incidental arsenic an excuse

Brentford brag Thomas Frank showed his people and refused to blasted the officials aft his broadside near Tottenham empty-handed - contempt stating Guglielmo Vicario did grip the shot extracurricular his punishment country successful the 2nd half.

The Italian goalkeeper appeared to jab the shot extracurricular of his box but the incidental was overlooked by referee Jonathan Brooks and VAR, who assertion they could not get involved.

Frank aboriginal said: "He handled it extracurricular the box. That incidental didn't specify the crippled but arsenic I said before, we request to play 90 bully minutes, we lone played 60.

"The margins request to spell our way. It was a mistake, it could person been a free-kick to us, it could person helped america but the probability of scoring straight from a free-kick is thing similar 0.05. I besides thought referee Jonathan Brooks had a precise bully game, the mode helium handled stuff, fouls some ways. It was the incorrect determination but hey, determination on."

He added connected his side's quick-fire commencement aft Bryan Mbeumo struck the opener wrong 22 seconds - 1 week aft Yoane Wissa stunned Manchester City wrong the opening minutes.

"Of people we bid and signifier the kick-off. That was a large goal," the Dane said. "I'm precise pleased with the performance, I deliberation we did a batch of bully things. We had 4 bully chances to make the equaliser earlier the extremity from James Maddison."

Meanwhile, Ange Postecoglou teased determination is much to travel from Dominic Solanke aft helium struck his archetypal Tottenham extremity during the archetypal half.

The Aussie said of his talismanic centre-forward: "Dom worked his socks off. He was gone astatine the end. He is inactive getting backmost to lucifer fitness, but I cognize helium is going to supply truthful overmuch for america successful that cardinal position. All strikers emotion goals truthful it volition beryllium a large infinitesimal for him particularly astatine home."

Postecoglou added connected his side's gutsy show arsenic they returned to winning ways aft back-to-back defeats successful the Premier League : "It was a bully win, a bully performance. Our performances person been bully each twelvemonth but contiguous we got the effect arsenic good which is pleasing."

Brennan Johnson enactment Spurs up connected 28 minutes arsenic helium capped a good week aft netting the victor astatine Coventry City successful the Carabao Cup earlier playmaker Maddison enactment the crippled beyond scope with 5 minutes to play.

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