Thomas Frank admits he had to try hard to conceal his anger after his Brentford side conceded five goals for the first time in the Premier League.

They were guilty of gifting at least three of them to Newcastle – Frank thought it was four – and the boss said: ‘I use a lot of strength to try to stay calm because if not, I will explode.

‘It’s very, very very, very – that was four verys – hard to win a football game if you make one, two, three, four mistakes.

‘Last year, I never thought that we would lose five games on the bounce – it happened last year. I also thought that we would never concede five goals.

‘I know both things happen in the Premier League, the most difficult and the most relentless league in the world. It’s just because my belief in these boys is so big. That’s why I never thought it would happen.

‘It happened. It’s about how we handle setbacks, how we bounce back, so it’s all about that and I’m convinced we’ll bounce back. Not even a doubt, not at all.’

Brentford had a goal ruled out for offside at 0-0, but Frank said: ‘I’m a big believer if you lose 5-1, never, ever complain about a disallowed goal.. I think that is pathetic if you do that as a player or a coach.

‘I’ve looked back on it and I agree with the decision, actually, I think there’s offside.’