"We should have won that game comfortably," says Lakeland after home draw with Tamworth

Goals from Jay Turner-Cooke and Will Smith had put Town ahead after Stefan Mols' first-minute opener, but Oli Lynch's equaliser meant The Shaymen lost crucial ground in the race for seventh sport, with Southend winning at Sutton.

Will Harris missed a penalty in added time for Town, but Lakeland said it was the two goals his side conceded that cost them.

"We should've won but we started the game poorly, conceded a goal within a minute off a set play, which is just poor," he told the Courier.

"And then we've not capitalised on chances and dominance in the first-half.

"Second-half we were much better, scored two really good goals, were playing really well and then we've conceded another really soft goal, three or four minutes after we went 2-1 up.

"You think how hard we've had to work to score two goals, we should have scored four or five, if not more, and we've gifted them two goals, and that's cost us.

"People will point to the penalty, and Will, but we've got to defend those situations better, we should have won that game comfortably because we were the better team by a distance.

"We were more dominant, we had more control, more possession, more territory, more final third entries, more shots, more set plays, we've just been the better team.

"I thought we performed well outside of the two goals we conceded and at this stage of the season, a point isn't enough for us."

Halifax couldn't be faulted for effort, producing a dominant display and creating some clear chances, but weren't able to find a winner.

"They've been giving everything all season, they really have," said Lakeland.

"They're such a hard-working, honest and humble group of lads, they keep going and they've kept going right to the very end there.

"Obviously we've won the penalty, which we've got to then score, but they work hard, they keep going.

"Unfortunately it's just not been enough but we've completely dominated that game I thought we looked like a really good team, but we've gifted them two goals and we've done that too many times this season."

On where the result now leaves the race for the play-offs, with Southend five points above Town having played two games less, Lakeland said: "Not impossible but very, very difficult.

"Like I've said all along, until it's mathematically impossible, we'll keep going.

"We have to go to Yeovil and we have to win, it's as simple as that.

"We have to go down there and win.

"We of course need Southend to slip up and then of course we play them here in just under two weeks' time so hopefully we can take it to that game where, if we can beat them and get within a distance of them where we could catch them, then it makes it interesting going into the last game of the season.

"Ultimately for that to happen now, we need them to lose at least once and we need to beat Yeovil, so we'll go down to Yeovil and try to win."