Barnet head coach Martin Allen says the 4-3 defeat in a ‘crazy game’ against Yeovil Town provides a learning curve for him and his players.

The Bees led 3-1 after 62 minutes at the Hive on Saturday only to be pegged back and ultimately beaten by a Town side sitting near the bottom of League Two.

It was a defeat which saw Barnet continue to attack after taking their two goal lead and Allen claims he would approach the game differently if given a second chance.

“It was a crazy game for sure today,” Allen told the club’s website.

“This afternoon was like a game of schoolboy football – you try and score, we’ll try and score. I think most people know my teams don’t normally do that.

“If we’ve got to defend our goal for 25 minutes when we’re 3-1 up and put another centre-back on, then so be it.

“Having sat for five minutes and had a chat with the senior players, you’d probably say that we would have changed our team on a different day.”

Michael Gash’s opener and John Akinde’s double either side of Mark Doolan’s effort for Yeovil had appeared to settle the match.

However, a superb response form the Glovers saw them score three times in just over 30 minutes through Nathan Smith, Francois Zoko and Harry Cornick. While Allen was clearly disappointed by the manner in which his side threw away the points, he insisted he remained pleased with their general performance.

Allen said: “Overall I think the players did well, even if a few individual errors cost us dearly.

“This afternoon is the first time we have conceded a goal from a corner in god knows how long. I suppose this is probably the day to do it, rather than when it’s going to really matter.

“We played a much more open, expansive, attacking style of football today.”

The result means Barnet go into their final game of the season – away against Crawley – needing at least a draw to ensure they reach the 60 point target set out by Allen.

The failure to achieve the point total with a game to spare gave Allen further reason for irritation as plans to give a number of players their debuts in the dead rubber have now been shelved.

He said: “The one real disappointment today is that we didn’t top 60 points. That is what we are aiming for, and the focus for our players is to beat 60.

“Now the team which goes to Crawley will be a strong team and a full-on team. I we’d won today I would probably have given out a few debuts, but my mind-set is different now.

“We’ll play a full team. I want to win down at Crawley and the young boys will have to wait.”