STANLEY striker Paul Mullin had said it is always entertaining watching Accrington - but John Coleman admitted that isn’t always appreciated by the manager.

There is rarely a dull Reds game as they go all out for the goals and they are prone to being caught out at the back leaving most matches wide open.

And Saturday’s clash at Barnet  fitted the formula perfectly with both sides guilty of wasting superb chances, some wonder goals and some defensive howlers which eventually resulted in the Reds first draw in 21 games.

Another day and another rollercoaster of emotions with the Reds, and boss Coleman admitted the entertainment value is sometimes lost on him in the dug out.

“It must have been a great game to watch for the neutral but I feel physically drained,” said Coleman.

“I don’t think Paul Fairclough (Barnet manager) will be any different from me in being critical of his defence.

“If you want an all-action game, this was the one to watch but not as a manager!”

The game could have finished 6-6 if the gilt edged chances for both sides had been put away but Stanley were staring at their first away defeat in three outings before Roscoe Dsane - fast proving the man of the moment - came up with a late goal to salvage a point.

“It could have been 3-3 at half-time but if any team had lost this game it would have been a travesty,” continued the Reds boss. “Both teams rolled their sleeves up and had a go and slugged it out. It was a gung-ho game.

“It was an entertaining game and we are in the entertainments business but it is also about results and, if we are to be successful, we have to to stop giving away goals. We shouldn’t have to score three goals to win a game and that is something we will have to iron out.”

One of the defensive mistakes came as early as the second minute when Andy Procter - who scored the winning goal last season at Underhill - played a short back pass which Adam Birchall charged onto.

He tried to round Ian Dunbavin but the Stanley keeper took the ball off his feet with Procter frantically apologising for the early lapse.

All that did, however, was set the tone for things to come as the game swung from end to end with Dunbavin and his counterpart Lee Harrison having to be on top of their game.

Coleman had picked Barnet's in-form striker Liam Hatch as the one to watch and he had a few early efforts while Dsane has the best of the opening counters when loan man Ian Craney - recalled to the starting line-up after a hamstring injury - playing in a perfect ball for the nippy Dsane to run onto but the Barnet keeper kept him out.

The Bees were shooting up hill in the first half but still enjoyed a fair amount of possession and the Reds couldn't use the slope to their advantage until the dying minutes of the half. And then they were guilty of some glaring misses First, from a throw, Paul Mu llin teed the ball up for Craney to run onto unmarked. Barnet were waiting for the flag but it never came and the midfielder had Harrison beaten - but also put the ball wide of the far post.

One minute later and Jay Harris sent Dsane charging through. This time he rounded the keeper and fired the ball goalwards from a tight angle. He was turning to celebrate but it hit the outside of the post and out to safety.

That was agony for the Reds and then they could have been well and truly punished when the tall Hatch got the ball in injury time in the first half, was clean through with only Dunbavin to beat. But he too had left his scoring boots in the changing room and the home fans groaned as he failed to find the target.

Coleman had said Barnet were clinical in front of goal but both sides were woeful until it all changed after the break.

Left winger Jason Puncheon starting getting more into the match for Barnet and they had an early effort ruled off side.

Then Stanley went straight down the other end and Bees captain Sagi Burton was judged to have fouled last man Dsane on the edge of the area. It was hard to judge whether he had got the ball or not but the referee Roger East signalled for a foul and it was expected, with the rules, the skipper would see red. Instead he was shown a yellow and, while that seemed a let off, he got a further one when Mr East said it was a free kick and not a penalty.

However Craney made sure they were well and truly punished by curling a free kick into the back of the net for his first goal in a year - since he was last with Stanley before his switch to Swansea.

“I will have to look at the video for that,” said Coleman. “I thought the ref had a fair game but I would like to see the incident again.”

The goal though only seemed to spur Barnet on and it was backs to the walls for Stanley as Birchall’s shot was deflected over, grounded Dunbavin pulled off a reflex save to keep out a Burton shot and then the keeper made a point blank save from the Bees skipper.

The Reds were being bombarded and Dunbavin then kept out a Hatch strike before the ball came back to the striker and he sliced it onto the crossbar.

It was hoped Stanley had weathered the storm but then the dangerman Hatch got the ball from a long kick, flicked it over Graham Branch and unleashed an unstoppable thunderbolt which Dunbavin could do little about to celebrate the equaliser.

Barnet had the Reds on the rack and continued to use the slope to their advantage so it was no real surprise when a corner was only half cleared by Mark Roberts to Burton on the edge of the area and the captain - who was lucky to be on the pitch - belted the ball into the net.

It could have been three shortly after with a ball over the top leaving three Barnet players to Stanley’s one but the Reds backline got back to recover while the Reds did enough to put off Josh Wright in front of the goal as he met Punchoen’s cross in.

However, Stanley are never beaten and they needed just one chance seven minutes from time to get back in it. Procter’s ball in was flapped at by Harrison and Harris kept the pressure on the goalie by attacking the loose ball but it was Dsane who managed to get the glory firing home from two yards out - a nice tap in he had been wanting for his third goal in two games.

Procter went for glory in the dying minutes but fired narrowly wide while Harrison made amends by one handedly keeping out Dsane’s 92nd minute strike as the breathtaking game finally came to an end.

“There were too many gaps in our defence,” added Coleman.

“We gave Liam Hatch too much space - he had all the space in the world to score the goal - and we should have got tighter in midfield.

“But we always go out to win games - and so do Barnet - and that’s why it was so entertaining.”

But he had a warning if both sides carry on the same approach - both are currently looking at making an impact at the top end of the table but the Reds chief said: "If both sides continue to defend like that it will be a battle at the bottom."