Jason nicks six-pointer
LEE BOWYER’S Great Escape reloaded hit the ground running to help Charlton finally see some light at the end of the lockdown tunnel.
Skipper Jason Pearce put his head in where it hurt to secure a priceless three points and lift the Addicks out of the drop zone – where they are replaced by hapless Hull.
After a 12th league game without a win it’s easy to see why City’s vicechairman Ehab Allam was so keen to void the rest of the season. Grant Mccann’s men are in freefall.
Addicks boss Bowyer said: “It’s back in our hands again. It was a welldeserved win, we were ‘at it’ and looked sharp.
“We’ve got to keep fighting for every point and we’ll keep doing that.”
Hull manager Mccann said: “If I didn’t have any hope that we can get out of the bottom three, I wouldn’t be here talking to you.
“There are a lot of twists and turns still to happen and I know we’re going to get better and sharper.”
It’s hardly been plain sailing for Charlton who
HULL have had plenty of problems of their own during the three-month Covid-19 hiatus.
They’re onto their third owner of the season now, while top scorer Lyle Taylor has refused to play, so as not to scupper a lucrative summer move.
Despite the setbacks, Bowyer has instilled a fighting spirit among his remaining troops, and they were good value for a first away win since February – in the process snapping a three-game losing streak.
George Long went from hero to zero in a matter of seconds as Charlton took a deserved 18th-minute lead.
The Hull keeper saved well from Aiden Mcgeady, but was left in no-man’sland at Josh Cullen’s resulting corner. Tomer Hemed’s flick was headed home from close range by the stooping Pearce for the Charlton captain’s first goal in 14 months.
Not even the boost of a return for Angus Macdonald – after the defender’s successful battle against bowel cancer – to start for the first time in almost two years could lift the toothless Tigers.
Too often they were second to the ball and out-fought by opponents who looked more hungry for victory.
They will need to significantly up their levels of play as they fight to avoid dropping down into League One for the first time in 15 years.
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