Boro Fry up Bees’ hopes
Bees boss Thomas Frank knew that his side faced a tough task breaking down Boro’s man-for-man marking and it proved the case in a game of few chances.
The match was 28 minutes old when Josh Dasilva managed to slip his marker and surged into the NEIL WARNOCK hailed his penalty area only to pull his “Rolls-Royce” Dael Fry for shot wide. shutting down Brentford And Toney flicked the goal-machine Ivan Toney. ball over McNair on 41
Middlesbrough boss minutes, only for Anfernee Warnock admitted he would Dijksteel to cover round to have loved to have block his shot.
Brentford’s £10million “Our full-backs were signing in his line-up. excellent as well,” added
That is not surprising as Warnock.
10-goal Toney has struck “Diji got cramp in the end more league goals this because he covered so season than the entire Boro much ground. I told him I team. will have him in on Monday
But the former for extra training to get him fit.”Peterboroughstrikergot little change from Fry and Boro had a great chance the meanest defence in the 10 minutes into the second league, who half when enjoyed a Chuba Akpom fourth clean turned Ethan sheet on the Pinnock on the bounce to edge of the make it 10 area, but he games blazed a leftunbeaten. foot shot over
Warnock the bar. said: “When Then Vitaly you come to Janelt fluffed places like the chance of Brentford, you have to be the match. happy that you have kept Toney held off McNair to their forward line to a few send Bryan Mbeuma clear chances, really. and his low cross was put
“Toney has only just come over the bar by Janelt. up from League One, he has Frank said: “We played a got to adjust. He is playing game where we gave against better players and nothing away. When a team will improve. He has a very plays man-marking, it is good attitude, but he won’t different. play against two centre“We knew it would be halves like Paddy McNair tight and there would only and Dael every week. be three or four chances
“Dael was like a Rollsmax and, if Vitaly had taken Royce today and Paddy was his chance, then maybe we just Paddy.” win this game.”
BRENTFORD: Raya 6, Dalsgaard 5, Sorensen 6, Pinnock 7, Henry 6, Jensen 5, Janelt 6 (Fosu 80), Dasilva 7, Mbeumo 6 (Forss 67, 6), Toney 8, Canos 6 (Ghoddos 74).
Unused subs: Daniels, Thompson, Marcondes, Stevens.
MIDDLESBROUGH: Bettinelli 6, Dijksteel 7, McNair 7, Fry 6, Bola 6, Tavernier 7, Howson 7, Wing 6, Spence 6, Akpom 6 (Assombalonga 79), Coulson 6 (Johnson 79).
Unused subs: Stojanovic, Browne, Wood, Roberts.
MAN OF THE MATCH: Ivan Toney. The game’s few flashes of creativity came from his feet.
REFEREE: James Linington 7.