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Neal Maupay admitted that Brentford was not aiming for a playoff spot after his loss to West Brom on Saturday.
The Bees suffered a disappointing 1-0 defeat, with the goal of 21-year-old Kyle Edwards scoring in the 52nd minute. West Brom took all three points to leave Brentford in 14th place and eight points in the top six.
The result ended a five-game winning streak in the home league, where Thomas Frank's team managed to qualify for the playoffs late in the season, after a difficult mid-season round that failed. as a win in 16 games. But there are 9 games left and seven teams to separate from Aston Villa, sixth.
After Saturday's loss, Maupay said football.londres "After this difficult week, we will obviously be far from play-offs. But I do not think that's our goal now.
"We just need to take every game after every game and try to improve and improve, because we may not be playing the play-offs this season, but to build something special, will not come after two or three months. It takes time.
"So, even if we do not play in this year's play-offs, we have to be ready for next season."
Maupay had a decisive year and is the league's sixth-leading scorer with 20 goals this season, but was close to frustrating after losing 1-0.
Brentford was relatively dominant in the first half, with 60% possession and eight shots on West Brom's three, but failed to create a clear second-half opportunity.
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"I did not have much luck," said the 22-year-old.
"In the second half, they were really compact. I think they were waiting for us and we did not find a way to try, to have something. So it's a really frustrating game.
"And I think we concede an inexpensive goal. Because I think he drove with the ball over a distance of 50 meters and we did not stop him. This can not happen because they are really strong in defense and after scoring the goal, it was difficult for us to find the solution. "
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