Charlton Maintain Perfect Start with 2-1 Victory Over West Ham in Pulsating London Derby
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Charlton secured a 2-1 win over West Ham in a London derby, with Lloyd Jones and Tyreece Campbell scoring before Joel Piroe's late goal for West Ham, who missed a stoppage-time penalty through Taty Castellanos.
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Charlton aims to maintain their perfect start in the Championship season.
Charlton maintained their perfect start to the Championship season with a 2-1 victory at West Ham in a pulsating London derby to pile more pressure on the Hammers manager, Nuno Espírito Santo. Lloyd Jones and Tyreece Campbell put Charlton 2-0 ahead before Joel Piroe, signed on loan from Leeds, marked his first appearance for the home side with a goal that set up a frantic finish. Taty Castellanos then missed a stoppage-time penalty for West Ham that would have salvaged a point.
West Ham have not won their past 10 derbies, losing nine of them, but Hammers head coach Nuno defended the decision for Castellanos to take the spot-kick instead of Jarrod Bowen. He said: “We trust Taty to take the penalties. I don’t know [if he will take the next one], we will have to decide. We started badly again. We got punished from a situation where we know Charlton create problems. It became much harder but we still created a lot of situations but were not accurate enough in the boxes. Football is this – to be accurate in the offensive box and we have to defend much better.
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Open Questions
- Will West Ham recover from their current slump?
