Brentford boss Thomas Frank admits his side wasted a 'big opportunity' after crashing out of the FA Cup away at Swansea.
The Bees, looking for a first FA Cup quarter-final berth since 1989, led 1-0 at the break thanks to Ollie Watkins' strike in an excellent first-half showing.
However, the game flipped on its head after the break, as Dan James inspired the Swans to a 4-1 win and Brentford saw Ezri Konsa sent off.
With Brentford 11 points clear of relegation and 13 adrift of the play-offs, the cup had taken on added importance amid a run of just one defeat in 12 games coming into Sunday's tie.
"I'm sorry for everybody that we didn't take this opportunity," Frank said. "In the first half, how good were we? We outplayed them I think, totally dominated, totally controlled.
"But in football you need to control the key moment in the game and we didn't.
"You could see the signal we sent with the line-up. It was a big aim, a big opportunity, but we knew it was not going to be easy.
"It's disappointing that we didn't get to the quarter-final. That's football, that's life."
