Tyreece Campbell’s impressive start to the new season continued as his 80th-minute goal earned Charlton a 2-1 victory over Derby at The Valley.<\/p>\n
It capped off a week to forget for the Rams after Saudi government official Turki Alalshikh’s takeover collapsed on Monday.<\/p>\n
Sammie Szmodics, who had also netted in the EFL Cup loss to Lincoln, had put Derby into a lead at the halfway point.<\/p>\n
But Lloyd Jones, who signed a new two-year contract on Friday, headed the Addicks level before Campbell produced an excellent finish to seal maximum points for Nathan Jones’ side.<\/p>\n
Charlton had started in positive fashion with Billy Koumetio heading wide from an early Sonny Carey corner.<\/p>\n
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Karlan Grant, making his 100th appearance for the Addicks having rejoined in the summer, shot straight at Jacob Widell Zetterstrom before teeing up a chance for Carey but the attacking midfielder produced a horrible miskick in the 16th minute.<\/p>\n
Derby enjoyed a spell of possession before they went ahead.<\/p>\n
There had been a warning when Szmodics got on the end of Joe Ward’s low cross but his first-time finish was saved by Charlton keeper Will Mannion. But moments later he made no mistake from inside the penalty area after being picked out by Morris.<\/p>\n
Charlton finished the first half asking a few more defensive questions and Taylor made a sliding block from a goal-bound shot by Danny McNamara. Zetterstrom also saved with his legs when Campbell attempted to squeeze the ball home at the near post.<\/p>\n
Referee Ben Speedie ignored home appeals for a penalty when Carey went down from a challenge by Lewis Travis.<\/p>\n
Szmodics, who looked to be troubled by a niggle in the warm-up, was forced off in the 54th minute. He was replaced by new signing Alex Mowatt.<\/p>\n
Charlton levelled in the 61st minute through Jones. The centre-back, captaining the side in the absence of Greg Docherty, headed home Grant’s dinked cross from the left of the penalty area.<\/p>\n
Mannion, who looked nervy dealing with crosses, went full stretch to turn Oscar Fraulo’s 20-yard effort around his left upright.<\/p>\n
Campbell was the most dangerous outlet for the Addicks and produced a fine strike, on his weaker left foot, to put the south Londoners in front for the first time on the afternoon.<\/p>\n
It was the 22-year-old’s second goal of the season, only one fewer than he managed in the whole of the previous campaign.<\/p>\n
There were eight minutes of stoppage time added but Charlton fended off the late Derby pressure, with Morris only able to send Max Johnston’s cross straight at Mannion.<\/p>\n
The managers<\/h3>\n
Charlton’s Nathan Jones:<\/em><\/p>\n “I’m really pleased – the result is everything and we’ve bedded in a lot of new signings. We had a captain’s goal where he gets over the back and scores a great header.<\/p>\n “With TC, he gets in those positions all the time and one-v-one he is a threat. We just want the outcomes from him.<\/p>\n “Last week he had a similar chance, went outside and hit the bar with a rasper. Then he cut inside and hit the corner (to score against Cheltenham in the EFL Cup).<\/p>\n “We are in really advanced negotiations with him. We’re hoping we can get that done.<\/p>\n “There are 45 more games. Last season we had a really good start – we had that momentum after coming up – and once we picked up a few injuries we didn’t have the squad to cope with that. This season we have got the squad to cope with it a little bit more.”<\/p>\n Derby’s John Eustace:<\/em><\/p>\n “I’m really disappointed to lose. I didn’t think there was much in the game.<\/p>\n “We limited Charlton to no chances, really, so the two goals we conceded were really sloppy from a defensive point of view. If we want to pick up points then we’ve got to be better than that.<\/p>\n “We didn’t stop the cross or defend the cross itself. It’s too easy for the lad to get the header on it. The second goal, we are in a really good position in their area and then we don’t get the defensive structure right behind the ball. It was a lack of communication. We have got to defend the shot better.<\/p>\n “That is the first time that team has played together. There are some tired legs in there. We’ve got Fozzy (Craig Forsyth) at centre-half who is 37 and doing terrific.<\/p>\n “The effort and attitude of the group was sensational today, as it always is.<\/p>\n “Sammie had a slight tweak in the warm-up, so it was a big ask for him to start. He’s such a top player at this level, he took his goal sensationally well, we’ve just got to hope we’re not losing him for much time.”<\/p>\nWhat the result means and next fixtures…<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n