Steven Gerrard was left scratching his head at how Aston Villa got here away from Brentford empty-handed.
Villa have been main via an early Danny Ings purpose, however a stunner from Yoane Wissa pulled Brentford degree and a primary senior purpose from Mads Roerslev secured a 2-1 win for the hosts.
“I couldn’t consider we have been degree at half-time as a result of the efficiency was actually sturdy,” stated Gerrard.
“It appeared to be a matter of when the second purpose was going to come back. Within the second half we had numerous possession, we created probabilities, however I’m actually disillusioned how we conceded the second purpose. It’s a list of errors.
“After I first come into this job we received some optimistic sturdy outcomes as a result of there was numerous grit and folks have been placing their our bodies on the road. I didn’t see that for the second purpose.
“They’ve had three good assaults at this time and scored two targets. That’s not ok from our viewpoint.”
Villa have been with out captain Tyrone Mings and striker Ollie Watkins, however Gerrard made no excuses.
“We had 4 or 5 individuals not out there for various causes, and you’re going to miss their attributes, they’re huge gamers for this membership,” he added.
“However I assumed we had sufficient high quality to win this recreation. We should always by no means have misplaced that recreation.
“I received’t sit right here and say there’s numerous positives at this time as a result of there isn’t. We misplaced the sport. We now have to be extra aggressive and more durable to play towards.”
Axel Tuanzebe was additionally absent, with the Manchester United defender set to finish his mortgage spell from Manchester United and transfer to Napoli.
“I’d prefer to maintain the participant till the tip of the season a minimum of,” stated Gerrard.
“However this can be a case of it’s completely out of my fingers, it’s within the fingers of Axel, his representatives and Manchester United and we should always know by the tip of play at this time.”
Villa went forward when Emi Buendia spun away from Christian Norgaard in the midst of the pitch and slipped an ideal ball via to Ings, who fired residence his first purpose since October.
However Wissa equalised with a shocking strike from the sting of the realm after being teed up by Roerslev, who then grabbed his unlikely winner seven minutes from time.
The 22-year-old Dane is one other product of Brentford’s profitable scouting system, and head coach Thomas Frank stated: “It’s a improbable Brentford story and basic us.
“We purchase a younger participant who had by no means performed a full season for any group. Now he has 4 or 5 begins within the Premier League, he’s rising and he received a terrific purpose and an help at this time.
“I feel it was a really even recreation. Most likely extra a draw, a good recreation and we nicked the win in the long run. I’m more than happy with that.”
Kaynak: briturkish.com
