Frustrated Monk is left stung by Bees
GARRY MONK blasted his team after his “most embarrassing” football experience – thanks to an Emiliano Marcondes masterclass.
The Owls boss did not hold back after his side were ripped apart by Brentford inside 40 minutes.
He said: “That was embarrassing and inexcusable. We were hiding today. We hid from the responsibilities you have on the football pitch.
“The one thing you need on a football pitch was heart and we didn’t show any of that today.
“It was the most embarrassed I’ve ever felt in my time in football.”
Brentford were gifted two goals inside the opening 20 minutes.
Josh Dasilva drilled in the 10-minute opener then Marcondes thundered in his first Brentford goal eight minutes later.
It was game over after
40 minutes when Marcondes sent Bryan Mbeumo through to slot a left-foot shot home.
Come the second half the away fans were chanting, “sack the f***ing’ lot”.
But there was little change for Wednesday after the break as Dasilva grabbed his second in the
73rd minute.
Sub Tariqe Fosu completed the rout with his first goal for the club eight minutes from time.
Bees boss Thomas Frank said: “I was so happy when I saw Emiliano score.
“He was a presence throughout. He owned that pitch in terms of duels and pressing.”
DELE ALLI kept his nerve to ensure that his under-pressure boss Jose Mourinho didn’t go into meltdown.
Make no mistake, Mourinho and Spurs were on the ropes – almost punch drunk – and fortunate to go into the interval just a goal down.
The Spurs boss was heading into unknown territory – on his way to suffering a fifth successive defeat after Chris Wood had opened the scoring for Burnley.
The Special One was in danger of becoming what he once dubbed his great Arsenal foe Arsene Wenger as – “a specialist in failure”.
But he pulled a rabbit out of the hat – well two actually – sending on Giovani Lo Celso and Lucas Moura and suddenly there was light at the end of a long tunnel.
Within three minutes Erik Lamela was brought down in the box and Alli, mindful of Tottenham’s FA Cup exit following a spot-kick defeat to Norwich, wasn’t to be denied.
In fact they could have won it with the energetic Lo Celso and Moura going close late on.
Burnley boss Sean Dyche will rue a number of missed chances while Eric Dier, taunted by the Burnley fans for his off-field actions in midweek, was a rock at the back once Spurs settled. When you’re in trouble it’s not advisable to visit Turf Moor on a blustery evening with the chill factor matching that of a losing Spurs dressing room.
And Dyche’s side by contrast, enjoying a great spell of six unbeaten league games coming into this one, sensed blood right from the start.
They were also looking to avenge a 5-0 thumping in North London when Mourinho had at first appeared to have galvanised his new charges.
Three months on and it’s a different Spurs who had arrived in the North West. The lack of confidence at first was there for all to see as they desperately attempted to keep the home side at bay.
Wood fizzed a fierce attempt just over the bar while Jay Rodriguez headed against the bar from an Ashley Westwood corner.
Hugo Lloris clutched a low drive from Jack Cork but was at fault as the Clarets took a deserved 13th-minute lead.
Dwight McNeil jinked down the left and there was a suspicion of handball before he controlled and crossed. Dier’s attempted headed clearance fell to Rodriguez lurking on the edge of the area and his volley carried too much venom for Lloris who spilled it and Wood prodded in from close range.
Cue Mourinho slumping back in his dug-out seat wondering if more misfortune could befall him.
And moments later it could have got worse as Lamela launched himself at McNeil and could have seen red instead of yellow.
Once again Mourinho’s attacking options were limited as he initially relied on Alli pushing up alongside Lamela and Steven Bergwijn.
There was no sympathy from Burnley who almost scored again just before the break when Wood should have done better from a James Tarkowski knock down from Westwood’s free-kick.
By then the Portuguese had seen enough and he brought on Lo Celso and Moura at the start of the second half in an attempt to spark a reaction.
Within three minutes his prayers had been answered and his side were level. Lo Celso was the architect with a neat through ball to Lamela who was brought down just inside the area by Ben Mee.
Step up Alli who had been substituted before Tottenham’s penalty shoot-out failure against Norwich in midweek. The England player maintained his composure to send Nick Pope the wrong way and secure Spurs a point.