Match Verdict

STAR MAN RICHARD STEARMAN Huddersfield Town

FOR a while there, it looked
like Brentford had cured their travel sickness. A 4-0 win at Ashton Gate. An impressive point at the Hawthorns. Maybe Thomas Frank’s side had transformed themselves from pretenders to contenders.
On the evidence of 90 stultifying minutes in West Yorkshire, any such aspirations remain premature.
The Bees lacked nothing for adventure, nor possession. But, as so often on their travels, they lacked the sort of consistent pressure, clinical finishing and decision-making that i...