Jon De Souza felt his side didn’t do enough in the final third as they suffered their first home defeat of the season at the hands of Crystal Palace.
With Palace content to sit deep and let The Bees play the ball in midfield Jon’s side found it difficult to break down the South London side and they were hit by a double blow just before half-time Palace scored twice in a three minute spell.
The Bees tried to rally in the second-half but it came to nothing as Palace added a third with a quarter of an hour to go.
Makhosini Khanye grabbed a consolation shortly after but it was not enough to prevent The Bees slipping to their first loss in five games.
Speaking to Bees Player after the match Jon said he was disappointed with the defeat and also the way that his side reacted to going behind.
Jon said that his players need to learn quickly that conceding goals is part and parcel of football and they need to react better in future to falling behind.
“I was disappointed overall,” said Jon.
“The first-half an hour we had complete control of the game without ever looking like a threat.
“I was quite comfortable with the way we played but I just felt we needed to be a bit more patient in possession.
“Crystal Palace were set-up to counter-attack us, wait for us to give the football away and hurt us.
“They scored two quick goals before half-time and from that point onwards we really struggled to get back into the game until the last ten minutes.
“We needed to try and continue to do what we had been doing before the goal, that was the biggest thing.
“I felt when the second one went in we almost looked defeated.
“When we went 2-0 down Audrius Laucys was trying to get on the ball and play but nobody was helping him but at 0-0 everybody was trying to get on the football and play.
“The boys need to realise that goals happen.
“We can’t change conceding but we have to keep doing what were doing.
“The boys were saying that the goals hit them because we were in such control of the game.
“To go from being in control of the game to being 2-0 down was disappointing but that happens.
“There have been times where we haven’t played well but we have won and Saturday ultimately we were in control of a game of football and we lost control of it through two goals.”
Crystal Palace’s gameplan saw The Eagles sit deep and look to play Brentford on the counter-attack.
The Bees monopolised possession in the first-half but Palace were happy to let them have the ball in areas that weren’t a threat to them.
When Palace did win the ball back they looked to break quickly and exploit the pace that they had wide and up front.
Jon felt his side gave the ball away in poor areas at times during Saturday’s game and when they did give it away they didn’t react quickly enough to win it back.
“We needed to give the football away less,” said Jon.
“Although we didn’t give it away that often when we did it was in poor areas.
“We also needed to react quickly.
“We had to give it away less and if we did give it away we had to react quickly and then it wouldn’t have been a problem for us.
“They dropped off and made it very difficult for us to pass it and break them down.
“Apart from the last ten minutes of the second-half we didn’t create enough which is credit to them.
“On the other hand we didn’t play through them enough, we didn’t open them up enough and we weren’t enough of a threat in the final third.
“Ultimately Crystal Palace were better than us in both boxes.
“It is great to deal with different tests and I thought some of Crystal Palace’s forward players were quite bright and lively.
“They were very good in one v one situations.
“It was a different test from what happened a couple of weeks ago and, I’m sure, a different one from what Ipswich Town will bring next week.”
There were some positives for Jon from Saturday’s defeat namely the return from injury of James Ferry and Seika Jatta.
A persistent injury picked up at the Milk Cup in July had limited James to just one appearance so far this season while Seika has missed most of the season so far with a foot injury.
Jon said he was delighted to have the pair back in contention as they had worked so hard to get back.
The Youth Team boss added that having two more experienced players around the squad has added to the competition which can only be a good thing.
“I am delighted for James Ferry,” said Jon.
“Since his Under-16 season he has had a really tough time with injuries.
“His attitude, application and desire has always been very good.
“Fingers crossed he is back.
“He did 45 minutes today and hopefully we can push him on.
“His performance today was very good for someone who has been out for so long.
“It was good to get them back for competition for places because you want competition for places at any level so players know that if they don’t work hard or show the right quality they won’t play.”
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