Charlton piled on the pressure after the quarter hour mark with a succession of corners. A big argument broke out in the penalty area after the third corner. It looked as if Oshilaja was holding Stockley down. He may have hit out with his arm. Both players were sent off. Steve Brown said at half time that he thought that neither the referee nor the assistant referee knew what was going on.
Charlton won another corner, Famewo flicked it on, bypassing two defenders and Purrington scored from within the six yard box. He read the situation very well to score his third goal of the season.
Lee got a yellow card after a trip. The referee talked to both managers as they clashed in an increasingly heated atmosphere. Jacko gave as good as he got from Hasselbaink. Kettle booked DJ for hitting the ball off the hoardings.
Hemmings was booked for a dive in the box.
Charlton had around two-thirds possession in the half. Burton had not had a shot on target. Five minutes were added on. Famewo was booked for time wasting at a throw in. This means he will be suspended for the next game. The steaming Kettle booked someone in the tunnel. Apparently it was Arter, an unused substitute.
HT: Brewers 0, Addicks 1
MacGillivray made a great save from Powell at the near post as Burton started on the front foot. Charlton were able to clear the resultant corner.
A good cross from Davison was headed behind before DJ could make use of it. Josh Parker said afterwards that this was a bit of a wake up call.
Burton were playing further forward than in the first half. At times Charlton struggled to get out of their half.
The hard working Davison who showed signs of tiring came off and was replaced by Blackett-Taylor.
The 1,000 or so of Addicks fans in a crowd of 3,500 made a lot of noise.
Famewo did superbly well to win a free kick for Charlton. O'Connor shot straight at MacGillivray.
Good play from Lee teed up Purrington and led to a Charlton corner.
On 83 minutes DJ, who had pointed to his groin, was replaced by Elerewe. Gilbey headed away from a free kick.
Four minutes were added on. Famewo made a great tackle and brought the ball away. Lee made good covering defending and Charlton won a free kick. Jacko and the players celebrated with the fans.
Steve Brown said that we were very resilient, something we had been over the last four or five games, it was a brilliant clean sheet. Defensively we were doing things very well. The balance of the side had changed, we had been too easy to play through. We had a nice balance in centre midfield. Gilbey covered run after run after run.
The Cat said the sending offs affected the way Charlton pressed. In the second half Burton had a lot more of the ball. We were showing that we were a solid compact unit, getting to know each other. It was a completely different story, we knew what we were doing in possession.
Jacko said it was a great win, a strange game. It was a proper away performance, you have to suck up a little bit of pressure. We limited them to very few chances. He thought that the referee should have booked both Oshilaja and Stockley. I thought we had a real good shape about us. What you need is that whole hearted honesty (referring to DJ).
