Brentford head coach Lee Carsley has admitted he could not see where a win was going to come from after taking chareg Griffin Park.

The Bees rounded off a hectic run of six games in the space of 22 days with a 1-1 draw a Blackburn Rovers to ensure Carsley celebrated his manager of the month award with a point ahead of the international. 

Brentford had secured only one win in six league games prior to Marinus Dijkhuizen's departure and lost to Birmingham City and Derby County in their first two games under his replacement.

But a 2-1 win over Rotherham United sparked a run of four straight Championship victories that was only ended by a 2-0 defeat to league leaders Hull City.

Saturday's draw pushed the Bees up to 11th in the table having seemed certain for the drop when Carsley took charge.

And the former Everton midfielder believes his men deserve nothing but praise for turning their season around.

"These six games in 22 days have been a real test. I wouldn't say of the squad because we haven't really rotated. We've tried to keep it as consistent as we can," he said.

"You don't get a lot of time in between games to work on team shape. We tried to be as resourceful as we can in the time we've had.

"We spoke about it before the game. But if you consider where we were and where we are now, it's a massive pat on the back for the players.

"After the Derby and Birmingham results, I couldn't see where we were going to win a game.

"But they keep proving people wrong and proving themselves right and there's no reason why they can't keep doing that.

Brentford blunted the threat of former Griffin Park loanee Jordan Rhodes to eventually secure a point at Ewood Park after Lasse Vibe had given his side the lead.

And Carsley was particularly impressed with the discipline of his defence.

"The two centre halves coped really well with Jordan Rhodes. They commented after on his movement in the box. But they dealt with him very well," he added.

"We said every time the ball was wide to go and grab him [Rhodes].

"Nine times out of 10 he gets on the end of the crosses they put in, from both sides. They're really dangerous and as blunt and brutal as it sounds they just went and grabbed hold of him."