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Thomas Frank said he is not surprised with Neal Maupay after the French striker scored for Brentford during their 3-1 home win over Luton in the Premier League.<\/p>\n
Maupay scored his second goal of the season since his loan move from Everton in the summer when he finished from close range past Hatters goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski to open the scoring in the 49th minute.<\/p>\n
Ben Mee and Shandon Baptiste also netted for the home side in the second half, either side of Jacob Brown\u2019s 56th-minute reply for Luton.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Bees boss Frank lauded the influence of striker Maupay, who has returned to Gtech Community Stadium after leaving the club in 2019 for Brighton.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me I\u2019m not surprised (about the goal),\u201d Frank said. \u201cWe were sure that he\u2019ll do well for us because we know him well and he can score goals.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s had to get back into it and in the last weeks he\u2019s played really good. I\u2019m pleased it\u2019s paying off for him.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe scores goals. That\u2019s a big thing. He\u2019s a good pressing player and link up player when he drops down and finds a solution. As a mentality character he\u2019s good for the group and drives the group.\u201d<\/p>\n
Frank\u2019s injury issues continued, with Kristoffer Ajer replaced by Saman Ghoddos in the starting line-up after the central defender suffered a foot injury in the warm-up.<\/p>\n
The Danish manager credited the players who stepped up after Brentford bounced back from last week\u2019s late 1-0 home loss to Arsenal.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cI\u2019m very happy with them. Vitaly Janelt is one of our flexible players (starting at left-back) but Saman stepped in and looked like he\u2019d played at right-back for years.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s incredible that we can turn around with the amount of injuries we have. We have four full-backs out. Big credit to the players.\u201d<\/p>\n
Luton manager Rob Edwards was disappointed with how his side started the second half.<\/p>\n
He explained: \u201cI felt we gave some early Christmas presents away in the second half and I feel they didn\u2019t have to work too hard for their goals. They had control and they deserved the win.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had gone away from giving gifts away \u2013 and we had done that in the first couple games of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n