Thomas Frank and his Brentford team have been awarded the Utilita Performance of the Week award for our 2-1 win over Manchester City.

The League Managers Association’s panel comprises LMA Chairman Howard Wilkinson, Sir Alex Ferguson, Chris Hughton, Rachel Yankey, Les Ferdinand, Clare Tomlinson, Dave Bassett and Barry Fry.

And they decided that our incredible victory away at the Premier League champions - our first win on the road this season - was deserving of the Performance of the Week award.

Ivan Toney slotted home Josh Dasilva’s cutback in the 97th minute to secure all three points at the Etihad Stadium, ending City’s 16-game winning run at home.

Toney also got Brentford’s first goal on 16 minutes, flicking home Ben Mee’s looping header, with Phil Foden equalising in first-half stoppage time. 

After the win, Frank said: "Maybe it's the one, single biggest result in the Club’s history. Not the most important one - that was others, the Play-Off final was another one. 

"But a single result, against probably the best team in the world, they played their strongest line-up today, we are missing four players, the difference in budget is crazy, and then we perform and won, well-deserved, that is amazing.”

This is the second time this season that Frank and Brentford have won the award, with the first coming after our 4-0 triumph over Manchester United at the Gtech Community Stadium in August.

The Bees also received the prize for their opening night win over Arsenal last term, and a 1-0 victory at AFC Bournemouth with ten men in April 2021.

An away win at Derby County in July 2020 and a 7-0 win over Luton Town in November 2019 earned similar recognition.