Martin Allen said he was “happy to get out of Telford with a point” despite his side conceding a last minute equaliser in their 2-2 draw against the Bucks. 

The Bees had fallen behind after Tony Gray dispatched a first half penalty and Allen’s side were very poor in the opening period.

However, they were much improved after the break and went in front following a stunning Lee Cook strike and an Elliot Johnson goal.

It seemed as though Barnet had earned all three points but, in the dying seconds, Mike Phenix headed home at the back post to earn the Bucks a point.

Allen admitted his side didn’t perform in the opening period and explained: “We tried to play good football but that didn’t work and then we tried to play some long ball football and that didn’t work.

“That last minute goal was disappointing but a lot of credit goes to the players for turning it around in the second half. I thought they played very well.

“To be fair to Telford, I thought they battled hard and were a strong team. They made if a physical game and they were better than us in the first half.

“In the second half we upped the tempo, played very well and should have won the game.”

He continued: “We’ve come away from home and got a good point. When you’re top and playing a team at the bottom, as we saw against Alfreton last week, these games are always difficult.

“This was to be expected. We managed to deal with it on Wednesday and played extremely well, today it wasn’t quite like that.

“But over the course of ten months, you take that and move on. We are happy to get out of here with a point, that’s for sure.”

He added: “Fair play to the Telford lads, they put in a great shift and played well. It wasn’t until we got going that we dominated the game and could’ve had more goals than we did.

“We’ve been free scoring away from home and playing very well but we didn’t manage to convert our chances.

“However, it’s another point away from home and another point to our total.”

Bar one Luke Gambin header, Barnet rarely threatened the Telford goal in the first half.

Allen was asked what he had said to his players at the break in order to improve their display, he replied: “Not much, I didn’t need to. The players knew they weren’t quite on their game. There is no point having a go at them because it’s not worth it.

“You’ve got to try and help them get better and improve. They don’t choose to not play well so you’ve got to mentally help them, not have a go at them.

“We could’ve made a few changes at half time but I thought they deserved to go back out there in the second half and they did all play much better.”

Lee Cook’s sumptuous strike from 20 yards was his seventh goal of the campaign and Allen said it was a fantastic strike from the 32-year-old.

He continued: “It was a great strike. We know what Cooky is capable of, it was a great goal. Elliot has then popped up and got the second after I pushed him into midfield.

“That was a little bit of a gamble to push him forward from left back but he has got great legs and great energy. He is playing very well at the moment.”