NATHAN Jones hailed “fantastic player” Conor Coventry after the midfielder’s 82nd-minute winner at Burton Albion on Tuesday night.
Coventry’s goal came after Burton midfielder Charlie Webster had been shown a straight red card in the 68th minute for fouling Terry Taylor and gave the Addicks their first win in six games in League One.
It was Coventry’s first goal for the club on his 35th appearance.
Charlton are twelfth, five points off the play-offs.
“He’s a fantastic player,” Jones said. “It’s been a good week and a bit for him. He’s had his Irish call-up. We’re really delighted for him because he’s an excellent footballer. We played him a little higher today after Terry Taylor came on and that proved to be a good decision. He’s a fantastic player, we love him here and hopefully that can be a first of many.”
Charlton threatened their opponents’ goal multiple times before finally breaking through.
Jones said: “I’m really happy. I asked them just to win the game tonight. I didn’t mind too much about performance but I thought it was a positive performance. We’ve had 24 shots, eleven on target, five clear-cut chances. It’s a difficult place to come too as these [Burton] are fighting for their lives.
“We’ve come away, we’ve had a tough away journey, where we’ve felt hard done by on the weekend [in their 2-1 defeat against Huddersfield Town]. We’ve been up here for four days, the club have done brilliantly in terms of that. We’ve come out tonight and controlled the game. They’ve had one shot on target really and Ashley Maynard-Brewer has pulled off a good save.
“We’ve done enough to have won the game comfortably tonight. I think if we’d scored earlier it would have been a different story, but when you don’t it can become a bit hairy but I’m delighted for the travelling fans. I’m delighted we’ve won the game.”
