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 Tuesday 31st January 2006, Barclays Premiership, The Valley, Kick-Off 8:00pm
Charlton Athletic:
Myhre, Young, Fortune, Hreidarsson, Powell, Ambrose (Thomas 72),
Holland (Kishishev 43), Smertin, Hughes, D Bent, M Bent (Bothroyd 83).
Subs not used: Andersen (gk), Spector
Albion: Kuszczak,
Albrechtsen, C Davies, Clement, Robinson, Greening, Johnson, Inamoto,
Carter, Horsfield, Campbell (Ellington 55). Subs not used: Kirkland (gk),
Chaplow, Kozak, S Nicholson
Referee: Peter Walton (Northamptonshire)
Assistant Referees: Paul Norman (Dorset), Mike
Tingey (Buckinghamshire)
Half-Time:
Attendance: 25,921 Conditions: Cool dry night
BBC
SPORT
The match had a quiet opening but the first-half's final 15 minutes saw both sides go close as the match swung from one end to the other. Greening drew an excellent save from Myhre with a dipping long-range shot. Myhre's save prompted a more concerted attacking approach from Charlton. Darren Bent's physical strength saw him get the better of three West Brom defenders only for the Charlton striker to put his shot wide of the post. More uncertain West Brom defending - this time from Curtis Davies - provided Darren Bent with another shooting chance, which was well saved by Kuszczak. A surging run from Alexei Smertin then opened up the West Brom defence but the Russian's shot fizzed wide. Having survived those scares, Charlton experienced their own defensive frights as Horsfield twice went close. The West Brom striker ghosted in at the far post to meet Greening's wonderful cross but Myhre somehow managed to keep Horsfield's header out by pushing the ball on to the post. Just before the interval Andy Johnson's persistence allowed Horsfield to pick up the ball on the edge of the box and after some deft footwork the West Brom striker shot narrowly wide. Charlton came to the fore after the restart and Kuszczak had to throw himself across his goal to palm away Hughes' curling shot. Davies, who had had an uncertain first half, came up with an important tackle to prevent Darren Ambrose getting in a shot. The West Brom defender produced an even better block to frustrate Darren Bent. Charlton's other striker Marcus Bent claimed he should have had a penalty when he went down under pressure from Paul Robinson but referee Peter Walton waved play on.
wba.co.uk
Bryan Robson: "That's a good point for us following on the back of a good away win at Wigan. We were determined and the lads worked very hard for one another. The goings on this week, injuries and players being away on African Nations Cup duty affected us so, that was a very good result. "After the Sunderland game I thought my players looked a bit jaded and didn't really play with any energy levels. The midfielders and defenders worked very hard for each other tonight and it was a good team performance by them because Charlton are a decent side. "Our lads are pretty disappointed about the penalty decision not going our way in the first half. I've had a look at it, the referee had a good view of the incident, and it was a definite penalty. The lads feel they were robbed." Source: wba.co.uk
Alan Curbishley: "It was a bit of a scrap, wasn't it? "I think someone needed to score; I thought we had in the first half when Benty went through. That would have probably settled everyone down a little bit. It was a bit of a nervy match, a scrap if you like. "You've got to give West Brom credit. They came and worked ever so hard and it turned into a bit of a physical game. I think most of the half chances that were produced were probably ours but we needed to take one of them. "It's very disappointing for us because it was a home game and we wanted to win it. "Fans look at who you're playing against and West Brom are down at the bottom of the league, but it's not like that in the Premiership. We all know that. Even tonight there have seen some unexpected results. "I think our home league form has picked up a bit, there's quite a few clean sheets in there, and that was the only way we could have turned it around. "If you care to look at the run we had before Christmas, it was dreadful; we've turned it around though and can now look forward to the games we've got in hand. We can try and get some points out of the extra games and we will find ourselves in the top half. "West Brom came and got among us, particularly the two big boys up front. But the back four and keeper can take away a clean sheet and it's another point to our total.”
Source: cafc.co.uk
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