Jeremy Steele felt the draw was a fair result as his side shared four goals with Coventry City on Saturday morning at The Alan Higgs Centre.
Joshua Bohui put The Bees ahead after ten minutes when he curled home from the edge of the box following an error from Jake Richards in the home goal.
George Thomas levelled things after 25 minutes before the home side were dealt a blow on the stroke of half-time as Dion Kelly-Evans was dismissed for a second bookable offence.
The Bees retook the lead four minutes after the break through Danny Parish before they themselves down to ten men as Chris Mepham picked up a second yellow card.
The Sky Blues struck just after the hour through James Maddison’s free-kick and that was the scoring ended.
Speaking to Bees Player after the game Jeremy said he felt the draw was probably a fair result.
The Bees’ boss said he was pleased with the way that his players dealt with the different match situations and hoped that the players learned from those situations which they struggled with.
“It was a very interesting game and there were lots of situations for the boys to figure out,” said Jeremy.
“It was a really fast paced game and tactically the game changed so often.
“They started with a 3-5-2 which is an interesting formation for us to try and combat.
“They went down to ten men and then we went down to 10 men so there were loads of situations for the boys to try and figure out today.
“Some of them they did really well with and some they struggled with but it was a really good game of football.
“The tempo was fantastic throughout and they were two really good footballing sides.
“Overall it was a probably a fair result and a really good game of football.
“The lads will learn a lot from that today.
“We dealt with being a man up very well.
“You might think it is an easy situation to deal with but we kept the ball extremely well.
“We started to tire them out and you could see the energy draining from them because we were moving them around the pitch.
“We got our goal but then five minutes later we went down to 10 men so it was game on again.
“That passage of play was really good and Zain Westbrooke did really well to manage the 11 versus 10.
“When we went down to 10 men I still think we continued to pass the ball a lot better than we did in the first-half.
“That was a pleasing change from the first-half where I think we were a little bit too quick with the football and weren’t calm enough.
“Coventry are a really good side and I know a couple of their lads have been up with the first-team recently.
“They are a good quality side and they are top of their division.
“To compete like we did and to really dominate the game in the second-half like we did was really pleasing.
“It was a good challenge and we know they are a good side and we more than matched up.”
Both of Brentford’s scorers were Under-16s netting for the first-time in the Youth Team and Jeremy was pleased with the contribution the pair made to the victory.
Joshua Bohui’s goal was his first in four appearances for Jeremy Steele’s side while Danny Parish netted his first in his second appearance for Jeremy’s side.
The pair caused constant problems for the hosts defence and Jeremy was pleased with their overall contribution to the team both in terms of attack and defence.
“The two goals we scored were very good and it was two Under-16s getting on the score-sheet,” said Jeremy.
“I thought they were both tremendous in their own way today.
“I thought Joshua Bohui showed his ability today.
“In the last few games he has shown little glimpses of his skills but in this game he was very good.
“He was very good in possession and he could be trusted.
“When the ball went forward you knew that it would stick.
“I am really happy with that, he showed a few glimpses and he got his goal.
“Danny Parish, although not quite so good in possession, worked his socks off.
“In the end he really deserved the goal.
“His runs all day long off the ball were fantastic.
“For midfielders and the back four when they see that movement ahead of them it is great and it gives them an out ball.”
Saturday’s game saw seven yellow cards and two red cards in a game of very few bad challenges.
With a number of players on yellow cards, on a greasy surface, Jeremy said his side showed good discipline to reign in their tackles and ensure that nobody else saw red after Chris Mepham’s dismissal on the hour.
“I wasn’t too fussed about us keeping discipline in terms of challenges,” said Jeremy.
“There were one or two tasty challenges but that happens.
“I was more concerned about us keeping our discipline in terms of how we pressed, how we held our shape and how we held our backline.
“We were much more focussed on our mental and tactical discipline and that was pleasing.
“I don’t think it was a dirty game even though there were two sendings off.
“I don’t think they put in a lot of big challenges and neither did we.
“It was a technical game of football and it was disappointing that it was down to 10 men for either side.
“The discipline shown by us as a group was very good.”
Jeremy was without the services of Bradley Clayton as he was needed for this afternoon’s Under-21 match against Sheffield Wednesday.
Bradley has made a real impression in Development Squad football this season scoring in both his first two matches for Jon De Souza’s side.
He follows a number of Youth Team players in recent years who have made the successful step up to the Development Squad.
Jeremy had been pleased with Bradley’s progression through to the Under-21s this season and is hopeful that he can see more of his team travelling the same route in the coming months.
“The players going up are making a real impact not only for the Under 21s but we are getting questions from the First-Team manager,” said Jeremy.
“Bradley Clayton has done ever so well when he has stepped up to the Under-21s.
“He scored and was Man-of-the-Match last week so that was very pleasing.
“The more that we can get players like Montell Moore, Charlie Adams and Josh Clarke through then the better for us.
“Hopefully we can see more of this Under-18s group pushing on and filling those shoes.
“When they go up it is not a case of filling that slot with an Under 18 who is out of position.
“There is no need for us to do that because we have got good players from the Under-16s who can come in and affect the game and both Under-16s have scored today so we have been proved right.”