Brentford manager Mark Warburton has praised the improvement of central midfielder Toumani Diagouraga.
The Frenchman spent last season on loan to Portsmouth and did not make his first appearance for Brentford this season until September, but has since become an integral part of the first XI, making 38 appearances for the Bees.
"I knew Toumani from Watford. He needed to have the self-belief. He would have two good games but he needed that consistency," Warburton told Get West London.
"He's got that now and now he can dominate the games. He's dominating games. Toumani is almost the pulse of the team.
"We've got a tight squad and we've seen that improvement."
Diagouraga joined Brentford from Peterborough United in 2010.
