STAGS midfielder Jon D'Laryea - who has just chalked up his 100th match in a Stags shirt - admitted on Saturday night that the 2-2 draw with Barnet felt more like a defeat.
The Stags let a 2-0 lead slip in the last 20 minutes as old boy Adam Birchall grabbed a 77th minute equaliser to dent Mansfield's hopes of avoiding relegation.
Afterwards D'Laryea said: "We had chances at 2-0 to kill off the game and we were a bit unlucky with our finishing.
"At first it felt like a defeat, but then the gaffer said we must take the positives out of this."
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