Aaron Pierre praised the mental strength of Brentford’s Development Squad after the win over Barnet.

The Bees beat the npower League Two side 3-2 yesterday with Antonio German, Luke Norris and Charlie Adams scoring the goals.

The win came a week after Brentford had been beaten 5-1 by Charlton Athletic and in bouncing back against Barnet they extended their recent run in the Under-21 Professional Development Two South to one defeat in eight.

Barnet came back in to the game after Brentford went 3-0 up early in the second half and Aaron admitted the level of his side dropped but hailed the way the won the game.

“It’s always good to win after a defeat,” said the central defender, speaking to Bees Player after the match.

“Last week was unacceptable.

“We did not play as well as we could, we didn’t press Charlton.

“It wasn’t a pretty game today.

“We were better in the first half.

“We passed it well and had a good pattern of play.

“We got our goals early.

“In the second half it wasn’t our kind of game, we conceded goals and didn’t pass it but it was good to win.

“Once we started conceding we had to have the mental attributes to keep going and win the game.”

Barnet included ten players in their team who had played First Team football this season.

The Bees included goalkeeper Richard Lee and strikers Luke Norris and Antonio German, who had played in the Football League, but no-one else with professional experience and started with 15-year-old Audrius Laucys in defence.

Barnet did not hold back in the challenge, and had two players, booked but Aaron did not mind it.

“I love it when it’s physical,” he said.

“That’s my game.

“I always like looking after the young ones.

“They are stepping up to this level and you have to guide them through the game.

“We got good goals in the first half.

“At half time we knew the next goal was key, we got it but didn’t keep the ball as well as we planned to.

“We need to tire the opposition, we didn’t do that today.”

Aaron was named as a substitute for the First Team when Brentford beat Carlisle United earlier this month.

“It was amazing,” he said.

“Just seeing the crowd, listening to the cheering, was amazing.

“When I was warming up I had kids waving to me.

“It was a dream.

“It gives you more reason to work hard and get yourself back in to the squad and hopefully start a game.”

A full video interview with Aaron Pierre is available here for Bees Player subscribers.