Barnet boss 'crushed' by equaliser but praises game

Barnet boss Dean Brennan said conceding an injury-time equaliser in the 3-3 draw at Chesterfield made it feel like a defeat - but admitted it was a "fantastic" game.

The Bees led three times, including taking the lead two minutes from time courtesy of Kabongo Tshimanga, but Chesterfield ultimately levelled in stoppage time through Joel Randall.

And Brennan admitted substituting Tshimanga just after he had scored, in favour of an extra defender, may have contributed.

"We're absolutely gutted. It feels like a defeat," he told BBC Radio London.

"I'm regretting taking Kabongo off. I should have stayed with two up front and kept the pressure on them, rather than going five at the back.

"We're crushed really to concede the goal we did. If they put it in the top corner, like they did the first goal, I've no issue with that whatsoever. But for us to give up that goal is rubbish."

Brennan did, however, pay tribute to the football served up by both teams.

"It was a great game – a fantastic football match," he said.

"It was like the Liverpool-Newcastle game back in the '90s, when football was proper – not like it is now. Anyone who paid today got entertainment."