On Saturday, Nottingham Forest continued their unbeaten run with a 1-0 win at home against Brentford, in a scrappy encounter between the two sides.

Ben Watson got the decisive goal inside the second half when a corner fell to him and he volleyed into the roof of the net from inside the area, making sure that Brentford went home with no points and the central midfielder got his second goal of the season.

Brentford struggled to clear any clearcut chances and never tested Brice Samba in the Forest goal enough, instead shooting straight at him or missing the target.

However, here is three things that we learnt about Brentford in the defeat...

Brentford need to calm down while off the ball

A regular feature over the 90 minutes, Brentford committed nine fouls, often needlessly, as they looked to stop the hosts in their tracks.

The majority of the fouls committed were in areas that Forest weren't going to create from, or weren't going anywhere, and it was an eagerness that wasn't restrained by manager Thomas Frank for Brentford to get the ball back from their opponents and launch attacks forward instead.

If Brentford are to move on up the table, then they'll need to keep their heads while off the ball.

Need to move the ball quicker

Too often during the defeat, Brentford were too lacklustre and slow while in possession, conceding the ball midway inside the Nottingham Forest half as they looked for an option to pass to.

A couple of the culprits to this was Ollie Watkins and Christian Norgaard, who both had their pockets picked too easily by a Forest player as either player looked for that pass to a supporting body.

Brentford pride themselves on having a possession-based style of play, however Forest weren't the first team to work that out and prevent Brentford from keeping the ball.

Relying too much on Ollie Watkins

Striker Ollie Watkins, who already has seven league goals to his name already this season, seemed to be relied upon by his Brentford team-mates to create and score the chances he made himself on Saturday.

The pressure seemed to get to Watkins as he dropped far too deep in the second half, sometimes popping up as the deep-lying playmaker to get the ball.

Forest had Watkins worked out, doubling up on him as soon as he got the ball and not providing him with the space to do any damage to the resulting scoreline.

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