Ethan Pinnock stressed that Brentford ‘didn’t have the rub of the green’ against Wolverhampton Wanderers on Saturday afternoon.

Goals from Diego Costa and Hwang Hee-Chan consigned the Bees to a third-straight defeat at Molineux, and there was undoubtedly an element of luck about both strikes.

Christian Norgaard’s well-timed challenge rebounded off Costa for Wolves’ opener, while a Pinnock block deflected perfectly into Hee-Chan’s path for him to poke home the second with 20 minutes to play.

“For their first goal, Christian has made a tackle and it’s rebounded to their guy,” Pinnock began.

“For their second goal, I blocked the cross and it’s gone right into the guy’s calf. It wasn’t our day.

“We create some good chances during the first half but weren’t able to put them away. We didn’t have the rub of the green today.”

Pinnock admitted that Brentford could have done more to trouble Jose Sa after the interval.

“We could be a little bit more patient in our build-up sometimes,” he continued.

“We didn’t create as much as we would’ve liked during the second half, but it was a game of small margins.

“We didn’t hit our top level today. It happens in football, sometimes things don’t go your way, but we kept trying and never gave up. We went right until the end.

“We knew it was going to be difficult, as they’ve had some really good results here in their last few home games.

"They’ve got good quality in their side, so despite their league position, they are a very capable team.

“We handled their threat well throughout most of the game, but we need to brush up on bits and pieces, look at the tape and see what we can do better.”