Gritty Charlton hang on

CHARLTON clung on for a precious point in their fight to beat the drop after withstanding a sustained second half assault at the Reebok Stadium.

Henrik Pedersen headed the home side into a sixth-minute lead but the Addicks were only behind for six minutes before Jussi Jaaskelainen let Talal El Karkouri’s free-kick through his fingers. Pedersen, Kevin Nolan and Ivan Campo all had clear chances to win the game for Bolton but Jerome Thomas could also have won it for the visitors with a late counter-attack.

With Kevin Davies missing with an ankle injury and El-Hadji Diouf suspended, it did not take long for Pedersen to seize his chance in only his second start of the season.