Thomas Frank says a “confrontation” with Joao Moutinho sparked his dismissal after Brentford’s defeat to Wolverhampton Wanderers. Explaining the incident,
Thomas Frank said: “I was actually relatively calm going in there and there was a situation that triggered it. I got a yellow card after a confrontation with a Wolves player and then I turned around to Peter (Bankes, referee) and said, ‘You can just give me the second one as well.’ I went in to speak with Peter calmly and asked why I got the second one, because the first one is fair enough. He said it was because apparently I was too aggressive. He said he will look back at it and see if it looked like that on TV and if it does, it will stand, if not it will be one yellow. I said to the players that I want them to control their emotions and not get stupid cards, so I said sorry for that this time because I couldn’t control my emotions.”
Pressed on what was said between himself and Wolves midfielder Moutinho,
Thomas Frank added: “It was a confrontation with a Wolves player, but I don’t think there’s any reason to go into a specific player. It’s like a confrontation that happens a thousand times on the pitch. I got a yellow for it.”
