A frustrated Dean Brennan praised Barnet’s resilience to come from behind at home once again as Danny Collinge’s last-minute strike snatched a point in the 1-1 draw with Colchester United.
The Bees were dealt an early setback when Colchester defender Jack Tucker fired past Cieran Slicker in the 8th minute, but a valiant display of grit and determination culminated in late drama as Collinge arrived late in the box to tuck home a cool finish to secure a deserved point for Brennan’s side.
"We kept going.
"Kept pushing.
"We never gave in.
"On the negatives – sloppy start giving up the opportunity we did when Slicks has got to make a one-on-one save after 60 or 70 seconds.
"That was frustrating," Brennan told the club website post-match.
"They [Colchester] had a nice break with the free kick they got.
"I wasn’t sure it was a free kick, but they got a nice break with the deflection they got.
"It was a good finish by the lad (Tucker).
"We find ourselves a goal down again at the Hive when there’s no need to do that.
"I don’t mind teams scoring good goals against us by sticking stuff in the top corner, but that was quite a sloppy goal to give away.
"We showed good resilience and good character and built our way into the game.
"I thought the last 15 or 20 minutes of the first half were excellent and started to make good inroads in the game.
"We never gave in.
"It was a game of two halves with the weather.
"It’s down to us, their goal obviously.
"I thought our team kept going and going and showed good resilience."
Barnet were able to build momentum throughout the latter stages of the first half, but failed to make the most of their chances as Colchester defended their box relentlessly.
"I think our quality from crossing wasn’t good enough.
"It would help if we got a penalty when it is a penalty.
"That would help," said Brennan with a nod to the belief his side should have been awarded a spot kick.
"To be fair to Colchester, they defended well.
"They were resolute in what they did.
"They’ve dominated the ball in all their games, but they haven’t today against us.
"I just think from our point of view, whether we’ve come up a level and we’ve got seven points from six games, I think we actually should have more, but we haven’t, and that comes down to the quality in both boxes."
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Danny Collinge’s late strike grabbed the headlines, but Brennan was keen to point out the relationship on the day between Collinge and substitute Idris Kanu, who crossed for the goal scorer before he fired in the equaliser.
The Barnet boss added: "Danny’s fed it wide to Idris, and Idris has picked him out.
"Great pass and a great finish.
"He’s controlled it really well.
"We just couldn’t keep that momentum up or keep that pressure on.
"I think they bought a few fouls, and there were a few dubious decisions with the referee.
"We kept going.
"Our supporters kept us going and driving us forward, and I’m proud of the players today, really.
"A lot of credit has to go to them."
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