Brentford manager Mark Warburton thought his side got the victory they deserved after coming from behind to beat Blackpool 2-1 at Bloomfield Road.

Nathan Delfouneso gave the hosts the lead with a close range header after 17 minutes but Alex Pritchard’s first league goal for The Bees levelled things just before half-time.

The Bees went in front seven minutes into the second-half as good persistence from Stuart Dallas saw him rob Donervon Daniels before smashing home from 10 yards.

It was Brentford’s first league win of the season and also their first success in the second tier in more than 21 years.

Speaking to Bees Player after the final whistle the Brentford boss said he felt his side deserved to get the three points.

However Mark said that his team needed to learn from the mistakes which allowed Blackpool their opener and which could have let the Seasiders back in late in the game.

“It was a good game,” said Mark.

“We were sloppy at the start and we didn’t get tight enough to their full-backs and we paid the price for that.

“When you give any team at this level time and space they will play and I thought we did that in the last 15 and the first 15.

“We weren’t tight enough but once we got tight to their full-backs the game swung our way.

“We have to learn from that because we will be punished on other occasions.

“We were 1-0 down despite dominating the football and we have to learn from that.

“We dominated the football in possession but we were sloppy for their goal: we let the man go and that was created by our own errors.

“After that there was a good response and we got the goal that we wanted.

“I thought Alex Pritchard was excellent.

“We should have got more rewards for the way that we dominated the football.

“At the end it was backs to the wall so to speak.

“Jonathan Douglas was outstanding in the last half an hour.

“If you look at where the possession was coming from it was all from our own errors and us giving the ball away cheaply at the back.

“We need to take care of the ball in key areas and when we do that we are a very good team.

“Three points is vitally important in every game.

“It is a tough league so not getting the just reward on Saturday is frustrating for the players.

“Coming here tonight, dominating the game and getting their just reward is great and means that we can enjoy the journey home a lot more now.”

Mark made two changes from Saturday’s defeat against Bournemouth with injury ruling out Andre Gray while Marcos Tebar dropped out and was replaced by Dallas.

The Brentford manager felt his side were able to dictate play on Saturday against a side he believes will be in the promotion shake-up this season.

Coming to Bloomfield Road Mark said he was keen for his side to impose their style of play on Blackpool and that was the reason for the tactical swap between Tebar and Dallas.

Mark believes that the way his side performed against Bournemouth can give his players a lot of encouragement but he said that they must be more clinical when they are enjoying spells of dominance.

“I thought Marcos Tebar did a job at Bournemouth alongside Jonathan Douglas in terms of getting on the ball and taking care with it,” said Mark.

“I was pleased with that and I thought that tonight we had to take our game and impose it on the opposition.

“The pitch was ok tonight and it was a good night for football so it was about us looking to dictate the game and play it in our style.

“You have to believe in what you are doing.

“We didn’t get the right result last week at Bournemouth but we learnt that we can dictate the play against a very good side.

“I think they will be top six this year.

“We have to learn that we can play our style of football and if we are more clinical in front of goal we will get our just rewards.

“When we had that spell of domination in the second-half and we were taking care of the football we had to get the third goal.

“Once you put that daylight between the sides then you can look to relax and play.

“We have to learn from the last 15 minutes because we were giving the ball away cheaply and when you do that you invite them on and create your own problems.

“Every single game that the players play they will learn and special mention to the way they played in the last 15-20 minutes.”

Mark revealed that Saturday’s other absentee Andre Gray had picked up a slight knock in the game against The Cherries.

The Bees boss said that with such an intense fixture schedule in the opening month of the season it was important that players were given time to recover and not rushed back at the risk of further injury.

“Andre Gray got a knock on Saturday,” said Mark.

“It is a long season ahead and you can take risks with players for one game and lose them for four-six weeks or more.

“We have to take care with them.

“Andre will be fit and well very soon.

“Scott Hogan is back in training with us and he will be fit and well soon.

“There is no point rushing them back for half a game or a game.

“We have an international break coming up and they will both be back before then.

“We will use that break to get their levels up and go from there.”

Blackpool’s preparation for this season has been one of the most turbulent in the recent history of the Football League.

They had only eight contracted players the week before the start of the season and named just four substitutes in their opening two games of the season.

With so many players arriving in the recent days and weeks Mark said it was hard for his team to prepare for the game to the level which they would usually do.

“It was difficult to prepare as we like to do detailed analysis of the opposition and the players want that as well,” said Mark.

“Neil McIlhargey and the staff are great at doing their work but there was a randomness tonight.

“We weren’t really sure what to expect.

“We thought that Nile Ranger would come on with half an hour to go and that was the case.

“It was a physical battle up front but all credit to the back four as they got around him, did a good job and got the right result.”

Tuesday night’s match also saw the first outing in a Brentford shirt of new signing from Celta Vigo Jota Peleteiro.

The 23-year-old, who was a 65th minute substitute for Moses Odubajo, was one of three new Spanish arrivals at Griffin Park on the bench.

Alongside Jota were Arsenal loanee Jon Toral and former UD Almeria midfielder Marcos Tebar.

Mark is confident that Jota will bring a new dimension to Brentford’s play but said that, much like with Marcos Tebar, he will need time to adapt to the English game.

“Jota will bring a cleverness,” said Mark.

“He is an out and out left footed player.

“He likes to cut inside onto his left foot but he can go the other way as well.

“He is clever with the football but like Marcos Tebar he will have to adjust.

“Jon Toral has been at Arsenal for a while and he is used to the English game.

“These guys are quality players and great technical players with the football but they have to deal with the intensity.

“Marcos Tebar is three or four weeks more down the line than Jota but I’m sure they will both be fine.”

Mark reserved special praise for the 472 Brentford fans who made the long trip to the North West to support their team.

The Brentford manager said that their support, both in terms of numbers and volume, had been greatly appreciated by the team.

“After 1,300 travelling to Bournemouth on Saturday I didn’t think that many would come here on a Tuesday evening,” said Mark.

“It was fantastic and hopefully they saw how much it meant to the players.

“It was tremendous support throughout the 90 minutes and we can’t speak highly of or thank them enough.”

After tonight attention must quickly shift to Saturday’s game at home to Birmingham City.

Mark admitted that the travelling associated with a Tuesday night game away in Blackpool will be difficult for his team to get over quickly but said that his team must quickly get themselves focussed on their next job at hand against The Blues.

“This is probably one of the toughest away games we will play all season,” said Mark.

“We will get back at 3 30am and the players might not get home until 4 30 or 5 in the morning.

“It is their day off tomorrow but we need to get their sleep patterns back in sync.

“They will be in on Thursday for the second day of recovery.

“The players who weren’t involved tonight will be working hard and Friday becomes matchday minus one where all the focus will be on Birmingham.

“That will be an hour session for us and we will be back into it again.”