Thomas Frank described Brentford's 1-0 defeat to Everton as a 'game of two halves', and believes the Bees should have come away with at least a point.

Dwight McNeil's first-minute strike was the only goal of the game on Merseyside and ended Brentford's 12-game unbeaten run.

But Frank was 'very pleased' with his side's second-half display, and stated that they were unlucky to lose at Goodison Park.

“It was a game of two halves," he began, "I thought Everton were better than us in the first half, we lost the physical battle, the second balls, and we didn’t win enough duels.

“That was combined with not being on top of the ball, not finding positions well enough and not putting passes together.

“But the second half was much better, I was very pleased with that, I must say. We completely controlled them and created some massive chances.

"We should have got more out of it, at least a draw.

“So, our second-half performance, I'm very pleased with. Now we need to bounce back.”

Frank praised Sean Dyche in his pre-match press conference on Thursday, and highlighted Everton's physicality and ability to consistently win second balls as one of their strengths.

When asked how his side dealt with that on Saturday, Frank responded: “It was no surprise, but then you can say, ‘Why didn't we handle it better?’

“But, hey, that's what they do, they do it very well and, on the day, we just couldn't cope well enough with it. It’s not that it was a disaster, but we could have done better in the first half.

“But they did the same to Arsenal, Leeds and Aston Villa and were quite successful with it.”