Saturday 2 January 2016 18:44, UK
Charlton interim manager Karel Fraeye praised the reaction of his players after they battled back to draw 1-1 with Nottingham Forest in the Sky Bet Championship.
The struggling Addicks fell behind to a Ben Osborn effort late in the first half, only for Simon Makienok to level with 20 minutes remaining.
Substitute Tareiq Holmes-Dennis' sending off made life difficult for the hosts, but they held on for a much-needed point at the Valley.
"It was an even first half - like the last game against Wolves - and we are getting used to conceding goals before half-time," Fraeye said.
"Today we reacted pretty well to that, and after the injury to Johnnie Jackson and the sending off we had to organise the team.
"We were very intensively looking for the winner and I think the team showed fight and desire from the first until the last second."
Forest opened the scoring at the end of the first half, when Osborn curled home after being played through by Ryan Mendes.
Charlton levelled in the 70th minute when Makienok prodded past Dorus de Vries, with Holmes-Dennis dismissed shortly afterwards for a second bookable offence.
The red card did not see the south Londoners slip to defeat, though, leaving Nottingham Forest manager Dougie Freedman bemoaning a lack of cutting edge.
"For 60 minutes, we looked in control of the game, we passed it quite well and had enough opportunities to win it," he said.
"Even when they were down to 10 men, their crowd gave them a lift and we didn't take advantage of that.
"There isn't a lot to write home about this one. We had enough opportunities to kill them off, and if you don't do that in the Championship you're always going to be vulnerable.
"I am a bit hard on these players as they have come through a lot, so my expectations are a lot higher."
