Thomas Frank hails Southampton win as one of his 'biggest' Brentford moments

Thomas Frank hailed Brentford’s thrashing of Southampton as one of the biggest moments of his tenure.

The Bees romped to their first Premier League win away this season, putting five past a sorry Saints side without reply.

A brace from Bryan Mbeumo and goals from Kevin Schade, Keane Lewis-Potter and Yoane Wissa saw the west London side enjoy a fine day of the south coast.

Schade fired Brentford ahead after only six minutes, but the floodgates opened after the interval when Mbeumo lashed in the second and then tucked in a penalty.

St Mary's was almost empty by the time Lewis-Potter and Wissa rubbed salt into the wounds in stoppage time.

"The away win is nice," said boss Thomas Frank. "But when we look at the performance, I think it's one of my biggest moments with this Brentford team.

"To come down here, against Southampton, a team fighting to stay in the league with a new manager, is always difficult.

"To win in the way we did with complete control and dominance, giving nothing away, scoring five goals, I'm very pleased and proud of that.

"I spoke to the players about attitude, attitude, attitude, and to be humble, to run hard, to press hard, to defend well, to be 100 per cent focused, and that shows what culture we have at this club."

Additional reporting from PA