NOT ENOUGH!
Bees boss bitter as Rovers hang on to claim precious point
Watkins taking a drilled Henrik Dalsgaard through ball on his chest and smashing home an unstoppable volley.
Nine minutes later Brentford were level, Lewis Travis again harshly ruled to have tripped Mads Roerslev in the box, with Benrahma doing the honours from the spot.
The visitors managed just one other effort on target in a first half dominated by the hosts, who were repeatedly thwarted by some brilliant-last ditch defending.
Blackburn boss Tony Mowbray admitted to feeling “frustrated and disappointed”.
It was tough on a well drilled Blackburn side who took control of the midfield for long spells at a windswept Griffin Park against a side Mowbray rates highly.
“For the majority of the game we managed them pretty well and we know what talented individuals they’ve got and how they can build pressure,” he said. “We got to the point where the crowd were about to turn on them after a few misplaced passes, and then a bit of magic from their centreforward changes things.”
Mowbray had grave doubts about the penalties awarded to both sides.
He said: “The officials had a tough day. If we had VAR it might have been 1-1. We have frustration about their penalty – it looked ridiculously soft to me.
“That said, they are a very good team, well coached and a well-run club, but for long spells we were on top, so we leave frustrated and disappointed.”
Mowbray added: “If you don’t battle when you come here you will get well beaten.
“Bradley Dack is a star player and we have three key players out so when you are dealing with injuries it’s like Brentford playing without their front three.”