Charlton Manager Nathan Jones said the Addicks’ 3-0 loss at second-place Stoke City was a tough result to take.
The Addicks, still missing a number of key players through injury, were undone by three slightly bizarre first-half goals.
Speaking post-match, Jones said: “It's a tough one to take. We never gave ourselves a chance with the goals that we conceded and then we just became a containment exercise rather than something that we want to be, front-footed. The goals are so poor that it became a containment exercise rather than us trying to get points from the game.
“The first one is pure luck, but can we do better? Can we stop the cross? Can we affect the cross? Can we not let that go in because it's just scooped in? It’s drifted in.
“The second one we feel is a foul because he's just jumped into the player and then the third one is just poor, but you can't give goals away like that at Championship level. This is a top level, and then players that are good players anyway grow in confidence when they have a three-goal cushion. They grow in confidence and then it's virtually impossible to win a football game.”
Nearly 1,000 Addicks travelled to the bet365 Stadium to support Jones’ side and he was full of praise for the travelling supporters.
“It's a tough week,” he said. “We have to come through these times. The fans were brilliant. They've travelled up there. We've let them down tonight. Tonight we were poor and that's something that I'll take on my shoulders because we can't do that to them.”
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