Brentford Manager Mark Warburton said he thought his side did enough to get something from their trip to Huddersfield Town yesterday but paid the price for not taking their chances.

The Bees were beaten 2-1 in Yorkshire yesterday afternoon.

They fell behind when Sean Scannell scored inside the first 20 minutes and conceded a second just after half time, Jake Bidwell scoring an own goal.

Jonathan Douglas halved the deficit with 20 minutes remaining but The Bees couldn’t find a leveller.

Mark, speaking after the match, said his side dominated long periods but did not take their chances.

Huddersfield goalkeeper Alex Smithies made fine saves from Alan Judge in both halves and Douglas looked set to equalise with a powerful close range shot that hit home defender Tommy Smith in the face.

Mark said his team would learn from the loss and called on them to be more clinical.

“In the first half, when we passed forward and penetrated we looked very, very dangerous,” said the Brentford boss.

“We cut through them almost at will but weren’t clinical enough.

“There were some dubious decisions and we got embroiled in that side of things.

“We have to learn from it and we will, they are a great group of players.

“We came out in the second half and were hit by a sucker punch for the second goal, we will have to look at that.

“Then for half an hour we dominated but have not been clinical enough.

“Their keeper made a couple of great saves but we haven’t taken our chances and have paid the price.

“We pressed very hard and Moses Odubajo got forward more and more from right back.

“We looked dangerous, there were some scrambles that could have gone either way but that’s football and we will learn from that.

“I thought we did enough to get something out of today’s game.”

Mark said Brentford were punished for not taking their chances, adding they were loose in posession at times

He said he was convinced they would get something when Douglas scored.

“In the first 35-40 minutes we were loose in key areas,” said Mark.

“We entered the final third but gave the ball away.

“We had shots in the first half but were not clinical.

“We didn’t track the runners for the second goal but for the last 35 minutes we were very good.

“At this level you have to take your chances and get punished if you don’t.

“At 2-0 we gave a great response, they wanted it, we looked threatening, got the goal and I was convinced we would get something out of the game.

“There were a couple of wonder saves, one off a player’s face.

“The group will learn from that.”

The game was a physical encounter with Huddersfield pressing high up the pitch and lots of off-the-ball collisions.

Mark said teams would look to stop Brentford playing and they had to deal with it.

“We have to be prepared for games like this,” he said.

“Teams will look at how to stop us playing.

“We do the same, we analyse every opponent.

“We have to do what we do well and do it better than the opposition.

“If we do that we will be OK.

“We have to learn.

“Teams will stop us and we are not looking to get drawn in to a physical battle.

“We can handle ourselves, we can more than do that, but we want to move the football and impose ourselves on the game.

“If we do that we will be OK.

“We were loose in the first half, gave a sloppy goal away after half time and then went on the front foot but didn’t get the second goal.”

The defeat ended a run of five straight wins for The Bees that had taken them up to third in the Sky Bet Championship.

Mark said his team would not change anything and comminute to look to only the next match.

“We take each game one at a time,” he said.

“I keep saying that but that is how we are.

“Today was not about a sixth win, it was about coming here prepared, which we were, to put in a performance.

“We were loose in the first half, gave the ball away in some dangerous areas, but in the second half we were very good.

“The intensity we had in the second half, when we were moving the ball well and threatening the goal, that is how we play.”

Full post-match reaction from Mark Warburton is available here for Bees Player subscribers.