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Wolves boss Bruno Lage on Brentford defeat: A strange day

Wolves boss Bruno Lage was left frustrated after defeat at home to Brentford.

The newly-promoted London side, who arrived in the West Midlands with an unbeaten away record, took a first-half lead with a well-struck Ivan Toney penalty.

The Bees forward then turned provider to shrug off the challenge of Max Kilman and find strike partner Bryan Mbeumo at the back post for his first top-flight goal.

Lage later said: “It was a strange day. When you're working for what we did, and the way we started the game, when you come to the end result, it's not good for us. We started in a good way, tried to control everything, creating chances, but then it was the moment that changed the game because it was a silly penalty for us. We cannot do that mistake.

“We know that Brentford are a strong team, the way they play, the way they come to press, it's difficult to start the game like that and get nothing. After 20 minutes the opponent did nothing, and we give them a chance to score. But there were too many mistakes from our side which is why we suffered the second goal, and we lost our position in the game.

“When you look back, we got punished with this result, but for our decisions, and the way we play and the way we create chances, we have to score goals and you cannot offer goals for the opponent like that."

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