Keane Lewis-Potter said Brentford were left frustrated after their goalless draw with Fulham, insisting the Bees had the better openings and were denied by an outstanding late save from Bernd Leno.
Keane Lewis-Potter said Brentford were unfortunate not to beat Fulham after Saturday’s 0-0 draw at the Gtech Community Stadium, with the winger pointing to the balance of chances and Bernd Leno’s late intervention as the key reasons the Bees had to settle for a point.
In a derby that stayed tight throughout, Brentford had the stronger attacking moments and finished the game pushing for a winner. Their best opening came late on when Dango Ouattara looked set to score, only for Leno to produce a sharp reaction stop and preserve Fulham’s clean sheet.
Lewis-Potter’s verdict afterwards reflected that sense of frustration.
“It’s another point, but it’s hard to take when you’ve had the better chances,” he said. “They didn’t have a shot on target, which says it all really. Their keeper made an unbelievable save, as well.”
That line captured the mood from a Brentford perspective. The result added another point to the total and another clean sheet to the run-in, but it also felt like a missed chance to make ground in the race for Europe. Brentford were organised, carried more threat than Fulham for long spells, and looked the likelier side to find a breakthrough as the game moved into stoppage time.
Lewis-Potter was particularly struck by the moment that kept the score level. On Leno’s stop from Ouattara’s effort, he said: “I thought that was it. [Leno]’s pulled off an unbelievable reaction save.”
Had the chance gone in, Brentford would have taken all three points from a derby in which they had controlled enough of the game to feel justified in going on to win it. Instead, the final whistle brought a point and a sense that the afternoon had turned on one decisive intervention.
Lewis-Potter suggested Brentford’s response after that moment was still a positive. “When that happens, you just think it’s going to be one of those days... we kept on going right until the end, we were just unlucky,” he said.
There was also some recognition of the defensive side of the performance. Brentford restricted Fulham well and never allowed the visitors to build sustained momentum in front of goal. “The clean sheet is always good, keeping the opposition out,” Lewis-Potter said. “We maybe created enough today to score and, on another day, I think we do.”
Those comments left little doubt about how Brentford viewed the game. The defensive platform was there, the better chances were there, and the late pressure was there as well. What was missing was the goal that would have turned a solid derby display into a far more significant result.