Brentford

Led by interim coach Aaron Danks, Villa took the lead in the second minute through Leon Bailey before Danny Ings added two more goals — one coming from the ...

Ivan Toney has called Brentford's 4-0 loss to Aston Villa a 'shambles' and 'embarrassing' saying his team played like kids.The Bees recorded.

You could see everyone coming together at the end and there is no better feeling than that.” We had it against Newcastle and we bounced back so hopefully we can do that again.” They put in a performance today and deserved to win. [Thomas Frank’s side](https://talksport.com/sport/football/team/113021/brentford/) now have three losses and three draws from their six away league games this season, including a 5-1 thumping by Newcastle at St James Park. The crowd really helped us today. That cannot happen in a Premier League game.

Even though the Bees were beaten 4-0 at Villa Park, Frank is admired by Villa for the fine job he has done at Brentford, and has a long-standing friendship ...

and the Bees are hopeful he will sign a new deal soon ‘It’s been a roller-coaster few days but the players played with energy and purpose. ‘I have a job and I am very happy.

Ivan Toney's post-match interview could worry Brentford fans, after their "embarrassing" 4-0 defeat away to Aston Villa on Sunday.

We had it against Newcastle and we bounced back so hopefully we can do that again.” They put in a performance today and deserved to win. That cannot happen in a Premier League game.

The Brentford manager Thomas Frank, thought to be under consideration at Aston Villa, said: 'There are a lot of rumours out there'

“This club is steeped in tradition and history and we just want this club moving.” I realise this is a great club in many ways, but I have said many times before I am pleased in Brentford and I have unfinished business to do,” he said. I know the players well and they played with energy and purpose like I asked them to. One thing is for sure I have a job I am very glad for. I love Brentford, that is what I am focusing on.” Villa are believed to be willing to pay the £27m release clause for Sporting’s Ruben Amorim, and could also sound out Thomas Tuchel, the former Chelsea manager.

Brentford went a goal behind early against Aston Villa then completely fell apart in what was another dismal away performance.

[David Raya](https://theathletic.com/football/player/david-raya-Yy19DKjmKcuSZNee/) tipped [Douglas Luiz](https://theathletic.com/football/player/douglas-luiz-CHNVRjeQMpH8Djsg/)’s inswinging corner onto the post and made great saves from [Emiliano Buendia](https://theathletic.com/football/player/emiliano-buendia-CV6jy5fLJKhUd9NZ/) and [Matty Cash](https://theathletic.com/football/player/matty-cash-hPaGX9MjdT0jIwVQ/), otherwise the scoreline could have been worse. [beat Brighton & Hove Albion](https://theathletic.com/3694305/2022/10/14/thomas-frank-brentford-brighton/) and produced a defensive masterclass against Chelsea, it felt like Brentford had turned a corner after their disastrous defeat by [Newcastle](https://theathletic.com/football/team/newcastle-united/), but they looked disjointed against Aston Villa. Chris Haslam, Brentford’s head of athletic performance, had a long conversation with Dasilva and Canos on the touchline in the 29th minute so it was clearly a move that had been planned for some time. [Kristoffer Ajer](https://theathletic.com/football/player/kristoffer-ajer-5CfooV5opuPU2bES/) replaced [Ben Mee](https://theathletic.com/football/player/ben-mee-4kYJMCEsEL99MZVm/), who was struggling with an ankle issue, at centre-back. Playing with three at the back makes Brentford, in theory, more compact and difficult to break down. Yet Bailey got in behind him and Ajer far too easily in the seventh minute to set up Aaron Danks received a phone call in the early hours of Friday morning from Villa’s board asking him to become their caretaker manager. The 24-year-old defender’s foul on Tyrone Mings for Aston Villa’s penalty was amateurish. Frank described it as a “freak” result and said, “We will never give away an own goal and two individual mistakes in the same game. Brentford were completely overwhelmed and struggling to string a sequence of passes together. But they unravelled and by the 14th minute, Villa were leading 3-0. The bad news is that for the second time in two weeks they have been torn apart away from home.

Get a report of the Aston Villa vs. Brentford 2022-23 English Premier League football match.

[Ethan Pinnock](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/241093/Ethan-Pinnock) to complete the rout. [Bryan Mbeumo](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/271170/Bryan-Mbeumo) summed up Brentford's frustrating afternoon when he wasted a glorious chance to reduce the deficit two minutes later, firing wide with the goal at his mercy before being replaced by [Mikkel Damsgaard](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/308932/Mikkel-Damsgaard). [David Raya](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/196176/David-Raya) prevented Brentford from going further behind as he swatted away an [Ollie Watkins](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/198825/Ollie-Watkins) shot from point-blank range and then thwarted the same player again when he shot from distance. [Kristoffer Ajer](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/206173/Kristoffer-Ajer) pulled the shirt of [Tyrone Mings](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/181312/Tyrone-Mings) to concede a penalty in the 12th minute, and Ings slammed the spot kick straight down the middle to make it 3-0. [Fulham](/soccer/team?id=370) left them 17th in the table, took the lead just over a minute into the game when [Leon Bailey](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/224809/Leon-Bailey) hammered home a first-time shot from a well-worked corner. [Danny Ings](https://www.espn.com/soccer/player/_/id/141706/Danny-Ings) scored twice in the opening 14 minutes as [Aston Villa](/soccer/team?id=362) bounced back from the sacking of manager Steven Gerrard with a 4-0 Premier League win over [Brentford](/soccer/team?id=337) at a jubilant Villa Park on Sunday.

The Bees made the trip to the West Midlands full of confidence having collected four points against Brighton & Hove Albion and Chelsea without conceding a goal.

They put in a performance today and deserved to win. That cannot happen in a Premier League game. They fully deserved the result and it could have been more.