Jensen the Fulham ace

CLAUS JENSEN came off the bench to mastermind victory over former club Charlton and heap more pressure on under-fire Addicks boss Iain Dowie.

Denmark midfielder Jensen, in his first Premiership appearance of the season, helped set up the first for Brian McBride.

He then doubled Fulham’s lead with a superb individual goal that puts Fulham above Liverpool into 10th place.

“Claus has come on and scored a fantastic goal for us to win a game and he has worked hard for that on the training ground,” said manager Chris Coleman.

“With his talent he has more than enough ability to play in the Premiership.”

Charlton pulled a goal back in the 78th minute through Darren Bent but could not reduce the deficit further, increasing doubt over Dowie’s future.

Having been under early pressure, the Cottagers began to attack with more intent and their reward came in the 66th minute.

Jensen floated in a dangerous free-kick which Franck Queudrue clipped to McBride, and the USA striker found the bottom right corner.

Fulham went 2-0 up two minutes later as Jensen collected Liam Rosenior’s long pass, dashed forward and held off a despairing challenge from Karkouri to score from close range.

Charlton pulled one back as Jerome Thomas showed persistence to stab the ball to Bent after being tackled and the England marksman found the bottom right corner with a cool finish.

FULHAM: Niemi, Rosenior, Pearce, Knight, Queudrue, Routledge (Volz 79), Diop (Bocanegra 81), Brown, Radzinski, McBride, Helguson (Claus Jensen 58).

CHARLTON: Carson, Young, El Karkouri, Diawara (Holland 79), Hreidarsson, Reid, Faye, Hughes (Marcus Bent 72), Rommedahl, Hasselbaink (Thomas 72), Darren Bent.

Referee: R Styles (Hampshire).