Scott praises Bees cup hero Bean (From Your Local Guardian)

Scott praises Bees cup hero Bean

11:54am Wednesday 25th August 2010 in Football By Graham Moody

Andy Scott heaped praise on Marcus Bean last night after the midfielder's late goal secured Brentford a shock 2-1 win over Hull City in the second round of Carling Cup.

Bean's diving header two minutes from time sealed the Bees' spot in the next round - the draw for which takes place on Saturday - after Robbie Simpson had cancelled out Mark Cullen's opener for the former Premiership side.

It was Bean's first goal since March last year and Scott was pleased to see his midfielder get on the scoresheet.

"Beany is one of those players who, a lot of the work he does goes unnoticed and the stuff he does wrong is noticed," he said.

"He does make mistakes, but he gets on the ball and wins a hell of a lot of balls back and he likes to get in the box and his energy takes him forward.

"He saw an opportunity and we’re trying to encourage him to get on the ball and use it and pass it.

"He got in the box and he had a habit of doing that in his first year here.

"We need goals from everywhere and the front two were outstanding last night but we needed a midfielder to pop up with a goal and it was a fantastic finish."

It is the first time Brentford have got passed the second round of the League Cup since 1991, when they lost their third round tie 4-1 at Norwich.

"Last night we still made a couple of errors," added Scott.

"But we were decent on the ball, had plenty of energy, created a lot of chances and dominated the game on the ball as well as off of it and you need to do that against good sides.

"Everyone worked their socks off and we could maybe have got a couple of more.

"The keeper had an unbelievable save from Gary’s header.

"I said at the fans' forum in the summer that I wanted to take the cup competitions more seriously this year and I felt this was the first time since I’ve been here that we’ve had a squad that can cope with the demands of the cups and the league.

"Against a side that has come down from the Premier League and bought Jay Simpson from Arsenal for a lot of money, it is a very good scalp for us.

"We want that achievement to be rewarded with a good tie in the next round.”