Frank happy with away point despite late Brighton equaliser

BRENTFORD boss Thomas Frank had no complaints despite a late penalty earned Brighton & Hove Albion a 3-3 draw in Saturday’s Premier League fixture.

Alexis Mac Allister converted a late VAR-awarded spot kick as Brighton came from behind three times to snatch a draw with their fellow European hopefuls.

The Argentina World Cup winner coolly fired into the top right corner from 12 yards in the 90th minute after Stockley Park spotted Bees defender Aaron

Hickey had blocked Deniz Undav’s close-range effort with his arm.

The Seagulls dominated at the Amex Stadium but looked set to slip to a damaging defeat as the visitors led for most of the second half thanks to Ethan Pinnock’s strike.

Albion twice levelled during a breathless opening period, with Kaoru Mitoma and Danny Welbeck cancelling out strikes from Pontus Jansson and Ivan Toney.

Despite the late drama, Bees boss Frank was content with a point.

The Dane was disappointed by the manner of Brighton’s first two goals but refused to blame right-back Hickey for handling Undav’s late effort.

“When you’re leading three times, you always want more, especially when you’re leading until the 90th minute, it’s always tougher to take,” he said.

“I think it’s a game where Brighton did well, I also think we did well.

“It’s a good point today. Effort? Fantastic, spotless. Body on the line? Spotless. Determination? Spotless. But a few structural things that we are normally doing better, especially for the first two goals.”

Speaking of Hickey and the penalty incident, he said: “For the handball, I said ‘don’t worry’. I think that’s such a random situation.

“That’s an unfortunate part of the randomness in football. It’s the first one (Mitoma’s goal) that he needs to learn from.”