Brentford Head Coach Marinus Dijkhuizen has slammed his side's performance against Reading this weekend, during an interview with Sky Sports News.

Marinus Dijkhuizen has been sacked
Dijkhuizen was far from happy with his Brentford side

The Bees fell to a 3-1 defeat against the Royals and were completely overpowered in the first half by a side possessed.

They only had one shot in the first 45 minutes as the away side ran riot, and could have been three or four up at half time if not for David Button.

Steve Clarke's men took the lead on 17 minutes through a powerful header by Orlando Sa into the top left corner, hung up for him by Hal Robson Kanu from the left hand side.

Their advantage was then doubled by Nick Blackman who, from 20 yards out, thundered home a magnificent free kick into the top right corner.

Brentford got one back in the second half through Lasse Vibe, who hit his first Bees goal in style with a curling effort in off the post from just outside the box, before a late Royals penalty sealed the fate of the match.

The Dutchman lamented his side's first half performance, but also praised the performances of substitutes Alan McCormack and Josh Clarke.

He told Sky Sports News: "We were very poor in the first half and to be honest I didn't recognise some of my players. We were not good on the ball and struggled to keep hold of it.

"He [McCormack] did well and gave us some leadership which we didn't have and Josh Clarke came on to give some energy and spirit which was also missing. That disappointed me but it is difficult when you don't have much on the bench and no attackers to choose from.

"You always need a leader on the field and we missed that today, especially in the first half. But it is hard when there are a lot of changes pre-season and injures too."

 

Brentford fans... What do you make of this news? How poor were you against Reading? Will you improve? Is your new system looking like a bad move? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.