Thomas Frank spoke to us after The Bees' loss to VfL Wolfsburg in pre-season at the AOK Stadion.

The game was an end-to-end affair in the first half before the home side accelerated into a strong lead in the second. The game saw four players get their first 90 minutes of the campaign; David Raya, Mads Bech, Ivan Toney and Mathias Jensen.

"It was a game against a good side, who are ready to start their season next week," said Thomas, speaking after the final whistle in Northern Germany. "They were sharp and better than us today."

"There are two reasons, for me, that we didn't do that well. The first is defensive set-pieces, we conceded three goals that way. It's something we've been discussing. We know we need to be really good at it, we are normally much better at it but today we weren't up to those standards.

"Secondly, it was the quality on the ball. Everything from the little touch, playing forward, the weight of pass, protecting the ball and hitting a man. All of those things weren't good enough on the ball."

One side of the stadium saw hundreds of Bees fans supporting their team 595 miles away from Brentford Community Stadium. Thomas was happy to hear them in good voice.

"I'm very pleased that a lot of Brentford fans travelled down here, I want to thank them so much for travelling. I'm sorry we couldn't make a better performance because the result isn't crucial for me. It's the performance for me that made the difference today."