Joe Marsh insists Harmen should have ended Hendon United Sports Club A's perfect start to the season after coming away with a share of the spoils in the Hadley FC derby.
Hendon made a flying start thanks to a first-minute goal from Yoav Kestenbaum only for Dan Green to level for Harmen with a fantastic finish after James Gershfield had been denied by the crossbar.
Harmen played much of the game with 10 men after Elliot Stern was sent off following a 30th minute incident with Zack Lewis with neither side able to secure the points in the final hour.
Harmen joint-manager Joe Marsh told JC Sport: "To give full credit to Hendon, they dominated the first 10 minutes due to us being caught in the traps once again and we conceded with just a minute on the clock.
"However, we responded in a manner which saw us dominate the latter period of the first half. Our equaliser came after around 20 minutes, shortly before the newly-engaged Elliot Stern realised that his fiancée needed him home and decided to give himself an early exit from the game.
"With 10 men for the majority of the game, the boys defended extremely well as a unit and we deserved to take all three points with a number of clear cut chances in the last 10 minutes of the game."
Hendon boss David Garbacz "came away very disappointed not to pick up all three points," especially since we had an extra man advantage for the majority of the match.
He told JC Sport: "This was a match we should have had dead and buried after 15 minutes - we went 1-0 up in the first five and came mighty close to increasing that lead early on a number of times.
"However the loss of Dovi Fehler after only 15 minutes after one of many hefty Harmen challenges was a big blow and we struggled to find a good rhythm after that.
"Harmen had a very physical game-plan which at times was extremely close to the mark and the game did look like descending into chaos during a very tempestuous first half.
"I thought the ref did exceptionally well in the circumstances to keep things just about under control as it looked like they'd been watching a little bit too much of the Rugby World Cup.
"In truth things improved considerably in the second half and Harmen defended superbly as a unit and in the end they thoroughly deserved the draw.
"We weren't good enough to provide the telling moment and our final ball let us down. Credit to them for holding out for the draw having played the whole second half with only 10 men.
"When all is said and done a point is not a disaster - we remain unbeaten and we have to accept the draw with grace and move on."
