Thomas Frank hailed Brentford's recent consistency, but refused to get too caught up in the fight for European football after their 2-0 win over Nottingham Forest.

Kevin Schade and Yoane Wissa got the goals at the City Ground on Thursday to dent Forest's Champions League hopes, while keeping them within touching distance of a Europa Conference League spot.

The Bees remain 11th in the table, but cut the gap to eighth-placed Fulham to just two points.

"There is a few things to happen, the teams ahead of us need to get less points, and we need Manchester City to win the FA Cup," said Thomas Frank on the prospect of qualifying for Europe, while speaking to Sky Sports.

"There's a few things that we cannot control ourselves. Last 12 games, we have been extremely consistent and well-performing. There's another big game on Sunday, which we will do our best to win."

For Brentford, the potential of getting into a European competition will mark another step up for a side that only made it to the Premier League for the first time in 2021.

Frank would not be drawn into whether or not they are ready for European competition yet.

"Ask me in three games' time, then I'll answer the question," he said.

"We're growing as a club, and the team is growing. We would be more competitive if we didn't have as many injuries last year.

"We consistently perform at a good level [this season]. This season we had one bad game, whereas the other season we have had three or four."

On the game itself, the Dane was delighted with the victory over such a well-performing side.

"It was very good to come here and win against a very good team. Defensively, very strong; we gave very little away. Very robust, very clever in many phases of the game," he said.

"We lacked a bit of coolness in spells, but we have to come here and got a well-deserved win and gave very little away. That's very good.

"I have been speaking to Nathan [Collins] about how centre-backs who can play a long pass in-behind is such a bigger threat than shorter passes."