“Obviously, we are disappointed with the result,” the No39 explained. “We expected the game to go in a different way than it did.
“But Brentford were strong in the areas where we probably need to improve. They put a lot of balls into our box, and I think we need to defend them better – we need to improve at that.
“I think mentally we can be better. And I think maybe our issue sometimes is that we want to play nice football and get the ball forward and link up.
“To be honest, I think at times throughout the game you saw that. We maybe lacked the final bit. But when we’re not doing that and we’re not able to do that, then we need to be harder to beat and harder to get on the other side of.
“[Personally] It’s my first start at the London Stadium in front of the home fans, so I was absolutely delighted.
“Result aside, I enjoyed the experience. Of course, I want to build on that and keep featuring now.”
