Marco Silva claimed that Brentford ‘won a penalty that only the referee saw’ during their comprehensive derby victory at Fulham this afternoon.
Referee Darren Bond showed Tim Ream a second yellow card after pointing to the spot following the American defender’s challenge on Yoane Wissa. Speaking to BBC Sport afterwards, Silva said:
“That moment decided the game, finished. Okay, we were losing but it was a tight first half. We didn’t see anyone on the front foot. Some moments for us, some moments for Brentford. We tried [to get] a reaction from the second half, it was clear. We hit the crossbar, a good moment from ourselves. Unfortunately the ball [did not go in] the net. We were preparing to react with Willian and Tom Cairney and then came that moment.
But they won a corner and from the second action they won a penalty that just the referee saw. Our players, they were really surprised with the decision from the referee. I have seen the moment ten times, I can not see anything. I think no-one can see. Just the referee saw, and probably the VAR they saw it as well. It is difficult to understand because in my opinion this was a clear error from the referee.”
Never a pen….but….don’t let this fool you. We were awful. So slow moving the ball. Playing at that pace we were never going to open up Brentford.
I’m deeply concerned about our ability to score. Jiminez is dreadful from the 3 games I’ve seen him play in. We are desperately in need of some pace up front and wide. Mitro didn’t have pace but he could win the ball and hold it when played up to him. I’m struggling to understand what strengths Jiminez has.
BDR Reed and Lukic are so slow it’s hard to see where we go from here. We need several players.
Today felt like all the chickens of our chaotic preseason and poor transfer business coming home to roost. Some hard work is needed before the window closes and some proper money spent for a change or we’re going to really struggle. It’s clear the squad as it stands less Mitro has taken a big step backwards.
One poor game doesn’t define a season. Our transfer business hasn’t been too bad considering Traore came for free, Willian re-signed, Bassey shows promise. Now Mitro has gone they can use the money to sign a serious forward. Palinha, Pereira are recovering from injury. Judge when we’ve played 10 games and the new signings have had a chance to settle in. I agree we need a fast, powerful striker, but then a lot of teams need the same thing! Hopefully we can sign one soon.
I totally agree with Dave we are far too slow moving forward and very little thread up front,our transfers should have been sorted weeks ago and we need at least 5 more decent players or we will be fighting relegation and the buck stops with Tony Khan once again.
Agreed, one game where a mistake and a player flopping like a sack of potatoes ( a dive in my opinion) doesn’t make a season. Before Diop’s mistake the game was even. We need a minimum of 4 players coming in. Let’s look forward, Palinha back starting, Andres match fit and healthy. I hate to say it but it might be time to replace Ream. The key is bringing in quality players. Also, the team has to adjust to playing a little different with Mitro gone. After 10 games or so we will have a better idea of what this year will be.
This should have been a draw . The teams were equally bad equally good . The penalty and Red card were game changers . The substituions from Silva too late had they been made 10m before likely to have got a goal. Sadly the substituions were standing on Side lines waiting to come on when penalty given . Agree to slow on pitch today but don’t agree we need to start blaming Khan … he stuck out to get what he wanted from Mitro , got some great signings and has kept Marco and Willian . Lets live on from the very bad day in the office
Come on people. Let’s not all jump on the bandwagon of doom. It’s 1 game. A game that we were well and truly in. Errors are going to be made Boo f-ing hoo.
It’s how we fight back from them that matters.
We have a lot of players playing their way back to fitness, and new faces finding their feet in the team and how Marco wants them to play. Which we know can be a magical place when all aboard.
So let’s get behind the boys and create some positivity.
COYW