Ollie Westbury analyses Shrewsbury's late defeat at Charlton

Shropshire Star

Ollie Westbury gives his take on Salop's narrow defeat at The Valley. Gareth Ainsworth's men dug in and defended doggedly in the capital - and looked as though they had secured a point. But Charlton struck in the sixth minute of added time to deny Salop a point.

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00:00It ended here at the Valley, Shrewsbury 0 Charlton 1. Late late heartbreak for

00:06Gareth Ainsworth and his Shrewsbury Townside as they are beaten with the

00:10final kick of the game. Thierry Small firing in from just inside the 18-yard

00:15box to punish and break Shrewsbury's hearts right at the very end. It looked

00:20for all the money as if Shrewsbury were going to be taking a point, a hard-earned

00:23point, a hard-fought resilient point back to Shropshire. They even had the chance

00:27right at the very end to get all three, but unfortunately it was not to be for

00:32Gareth Ainsworth. Gareth Ainsworth's men

00:35here in South London. It was a scrappy game but Shrewsbury continued to show

00:40that resilience, that defensive resilience that they have kind of been

00:44accustomed to in the last six weeks or so, ever since they went to Wigan just

00:48before Christmas. Town have been good from a defensive point of view, they've

00:52been well organized, well coached and well drilled and that is exactly what

00:57they were here for. 95 minutes and 50 seconds as they looked, like I've already

01:02mentioned, as if they were going to get a point against Nathan Jones, Charlton side.

01:06There were chances for the hosts, you know, two in the first half. Tyrese

01:11Campbell who looks a fine player causing trouble for Town down the right-hand

01:16side. He could have scored Morgan Feeney clearing off the line to deny them there.

01:20Another opportunity, Small who scored the winner in the first half, he found

01:25himself with space inside the penalty area and he curled over when he probably

01:28should have scored. Chances continued after the break for the hosts,

01:31Leigh-Byrne going close and also an effort from Doherty which was blocked by his

01:35own man inside the six-yard box but unfortunately for Shrewsbury

01:40it stayed out. Town kind of had chances of their own, Jordan Shipley going so

01:44close at the end, John Marquis having a shot. They probably haven't offered as

01:48much threat as Gareth Ainsworth would like them to have, you know, that perhaps

01:52could be a little bit more proactive going forward but I suppose given where

01:57they have been in a case of letting so many goals in, it's still progress. The

02:01last six weeks they have made so much progress. Unfortunately though they

02:05started so far behind, you know, they've got 12 points in the last 11 games so

02:10this result, you know, it's not the end of the world but it feels

02:15like real heartbreak because of the circumstances, because of the way it went

02:19in and because it looked like they had snatched a point. Attention, you know,

02:23kind of move swiftly on as they, you know, prepare for the trip to Stockport on

02:27Tuesday night but this one will be a bitter pill to swallow for all Shrewsbury

02:31fans that have made the journey to the Valley and obviously it was an

02:36incredibly, incredibly disappointing way for the game to end for Shrewsbury who

02:39the players have absolutely gone out on their feet when that ball hit the back

02:43of the net. For all your reaction, head to shopstart.com

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