Winner of the tie plays Swansea in the fifth round
Tuesday 29 January 2019 06:15, UK
Barnet kept their FA Cup dream alive with a thrilling 3-3 fourth-round draw against Brentford.
Ollie Watkins put Championship side Brentford ahead in the 40th minute, but non-league Barnet replied after half-time with two goals in three minutes from Shaquile Coulthirst.
A controversial penalty from Neil Maupay - after Watkins went down in the box seemingly without any contact - and then a fine counter-attacking goal from Sergi Canos made it 3-2 to the visitors.
But Barnet, who beat Sheffield United in the third round, earned a replay after a stunning free-kick from Dan Sparkes in the 75th minute.
The two sides will meet again at Griffin Park on Tuesday, February 5, with the winner playing Swansea in the next round.
Brentford hit the post twice in the first half as Yoann Barbet headed against the upright from a corner and then Moses Odubajo cut in from the right and hit a curling left-footed shot across goal that struck the far post.
Barnet also threatened, with defender Dan Sweeney seeing a header saved from a corner and Ephron Mason-Clark going close after breaking through the middle.
The deadlock was broken in the 40th minute when Watkins lined up a shot from 25 yards and fired into the bottom corner.
But Barnet responded in superb fashion after the break as Coulthirst poked a shot past Luke Daniels and then, three minutes later, fired home after Brentford failed to clear their lines.
Brentford were awarded a penalty in the 60th minute when Watkins went down in the box.
Replays showed there was no contact, but with no VAR, Maupay stepped up and dispatched the penalty.
Brentford then took the lead in the 72nd minute after a sweeping counter. Maupay passed out to Henrik Dalsgaard, who played a perfectly-weighted pass into the box for Canos to finish from.
However, Sparkes' superb free-kick, which crashed against the underside of the bar and went over the line, earned Barnet a deserved draw, even though they had to hold on at the end of the match.
Barnet play Carshalton Athletic in the FA Trophy on Saturday while Brentford host Blackburn in the Championship.
The replay takes place on February 5 while the fifth-round matches are on February 15-18.