By OkayGoal 
Brentford head coach Keith Andrews felt his side were denied a clear penalty following defeat to Manchester City on Saturday.
Pep Guardiola’s men ran out 3-0 winners at the Etihad Stadium thanks to strikes from Jeremy Doku, Erling Haaland and Omar Marmoush.
The Bees created an opportunity to level matters at a goal down when Igor Thiago laid the ball off to Kevin Schade in the box, but Matheus Nunes did enough to put the attacker off.
The referee’s decision not to award a penalty for the incident was confirmed by VAR following a review, but Andrews felt there was enough in it to warrant a spot kick.
Brentford boss Andrews ‘really disappointed’ with Man City penalty decision
“I think there was a lot going on for the officials,” the Irishman told Sky Sports after the final whistle.
“I will be the first to tell what a difficult job they have to do on a day-to-day basis. It’s difficult with all the contentious issues and at times the playacting. I thought Kevin Schade incident was a penalty. So that was really disappointing.”
Despite the scoreline, Andrews took the positives out of his team’s performance. “We were playing against a team fighting for the title. You could see that from their urgency. I liked a lot of what we did today. I liked the bravery and courage with our approach.
“It needed to be a near perfect performance from us to win tonight. The margins of some of the chances we had, some of the decisions that were made were quite telling. I’d step back and think I am really proud of what we produced but ultimately, we lost the game.”
The defeat is a blow to Brentford’s hopes of qualifying for Europe and they will need to bounce back against Crystal Palace next Sunday.
Andrews added: “Coming to City and playing the game against at team fighting hard against Arsenal, it depends on how you look at it. We came here with a honesty in our approach and a belief that we could get something from this game. We are disappointed we couldn’t.
“I don’t think the players will need any lifting. It will naturally happen. We have got a huge game against Crystal Palace next.”
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