LEAGUE Two leaders Notts County lost to an injury-time strike by substitute Jake Hyde at Barnet today.

It is their second league defeat of the season.

Notts were claiming for a penalty on three minutes when Brendan Moloney went down in the box after a challenge from Bees’ left-back Ahmed Deen.

Moloney had broken brilliantly into the penalty area past two players but referee Darren Deadman waved away his protests for s spot-kick.

John O’Flynn headed well over the bar in reply for the home side on seven minutes.

Notts threatened again a minute later when Johnnie Jackson lifted a delightful pass over the home defence for Karl Hawley.

He controlled the ball well and quickly laid it into the path of his strike partner Lee Hughes, who rifled an effort powerfully at goal from the edge of the box that keeper Jake Cole palmed over his crossbar.

Kasper Schmeichel was then tested low down at his near post by Albert Jarrett.

Hughes was booked for diving in the penalty area just before the half-hour mark, after tangling with Bees’ centre-back Daniel Leach.

The Magpies’ striker had the ball in the net on 34 minutes but it didn’t count because Ben Davies was adjudged to be offside when he crossed into the box from the right wing.

Davies then blazed wildly over the crossbar and Hughes tested Cole with a strike from just inside the penalty area after Moloney had again raided forward well from right-back and laid the ball into his path.

O’Flynn should have put the home side ahead on 49 minutes when he was sent racing clean-through on goal but the Bees’ striker miscued a shot wide of Schmeichel’s right-hand post.

It was a terrible miss – and a huge let-off for the Magpies.

Jarrett then crossed just too high for O’Flynn on 55 minutes as Barnet continued to look dangerous at the start of the second half.

Notts introduced livewire striker Luke Rodgers just before the hour mark for Hawley but it was the Bees who went close to scoring minutes later when Albert Adomah broke into the box from the halfway line and unleashed a powerful shot that Schmeichel parried away at his near post.

The Magpies won possession from the subsequent corner and tried to launch a quick counter-attack but Micah Hyde deliberately handled a long pass forward intended for Hughes, who was breaking down the left wing.

The Barnet midfielder was booked – the Magpies were furious.

Craig Westcarr was the second substitution for Notts on 72 minutes, replacing Neal Bishop. Davies subsequently switched into centre midfield, with Westcarr on the right.

Ricky Ravenhill went close to putting the Magpies ahead on 83 minutes when Rodgers threaded a great pass into the box for him as he charged forward. He beat Cole to it but the Bees’ keeper blocked it away well to deny him his second goal for the club, and the Magpies the lead.

Hyde struck from close-range with the final kick of the game after the ball fell to him inside the box, he drove it powerfully past Schmeichel.

BARNET: Cole, O’Neill, Yakubu, Leach, Deen, Adomah, Hughes, Hyde, Jarrett (Bolasie, 75), O’Flynn (Hyde, 90), Furlong. Subs: Devera, Tabiri, Charles, Kamdjo, Carpenter.

NOTTS: Schmeichel, Moloney, Thompson, Edwards, Hunt, Davies, Ravenhill, Bishop (Westcarr, 72), Jackson, Hughes, Hawley (Rodgers, 57). Subs: Hoult, Clapham, Hamshaw, Facey, Canham.

ATTENDANCE: 2,858 (900 away).