Luke Norris hailed the professionalism of Brentford’s Development Squad after their Middlesex County Senior Charity Cup First Round win over Staines Lammas.
Luke scored twice in a 3-1 win as The Bees progressed to the last eight of the competition.
He scored the opening goal and then grabbed the third to seal the game.
The home side had equalised but Brentford went back ahead with a goal that may be credited to Myles Hippolyte but could go down as an own goal.
“It is a game where you can easily lose, we knew they would come flying at us,” said Luke, speaking to Bees Player after the match.
“The boys put in a real professional performance.
“It was a really good win for the Club.
“We got the first goal, which is always important in a game.
“We were unfortunate to go 1-1 but got the second goal, which was probably an own goal.
“We got a third from getting in attacking positions.
“It was good to score three.
“Our fitness came in to play in the second half.
“We kept the ball very well at the back; we played slow and then quickened the tempo and ran them down.”
Brentford’s third goal was the highlight of the evening.
Alfie Mawson sprayed the ball from the left side to the marauding Josh Clarke on the right; the wide man controlled with one touch and put a cross in with his next for Luke to volley home from close range.
“It is what we work on all the time,” said Luke.
“Alfie sprayed it out to Clarkie and he produced a great ball.
“Clarkie ruined the full back today.
“That was a great ball in and I did my job of putting it in the net.
“I made my move, he picked me out, it was the perfect ball, I’m very happy.
“I have scored in quite a few games now and hopefully that will get noticed.”
Luke said it was a physical test for a young Brentford team that included four Youth Team players in the starting XI, two of which – Michael Onovwigun and Richard Bryan – are First Year Scholars.
They also had four more First Year Scholars on the substitutes’ bench.
“There were a few of the normal development players missing and some of the scholars stepped up,” said Luke.
“They competed really well.
“We matched them physically, which is good.
“You are playing against men; it’s very different to youth football.
“Once you make the step up you can play against someone the same age or 15 years older.
“You have to be a physical player to cope in League One.”
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