Charlton moved to the top of the table with a 1-0 victory against struggling Preston. Karlan Grant’s first goal for Charlton since rejoining on a free transfer from West Brom ensured that the south Londoners are the only side in the division still boasting a 100% record. It is the first time that Charlton have won their opening three matches in the second tier since the 1992-93 campaign.
Nathan Jones is not getting carried away. The Addicks were tipped by the bookies to be one of the strugglers this season and the manager, when asked about promotion aspirations, said: “Let’s not be silly – it’s three games. We have got a long way to go.
We’ll enjoy an hour or two tonight and then we’ll instantly start looking at West Brom on Wednesday. If I had a time machine then I’d quickly zip to May and we’d be in the Premier League, but that is not the case.” He added: “It’s not so much that we are top of the league, it’s that we’ve got nine points from three games – that is a big haul. It is the manner as well.
We have gone to West Ham and had to defend really well but in the other two games we have been well worth the wins.” Millwall had kicked off the day with a 100% record but were thumped 5-1 at Southampton. Mark Sykes had given Millwall an early lead, but two goals from Cyle Larin along with Finn Azaz’s tap-in, Leo Scienza’s penalty and Tom Fellows’ first Southampton goal blew the visitors away. Southampton have now wiped out their four-point deduction for Spygate.
Wolves are second after coming from behind to beat Stoke 4-1 and continue their unbeaten league start. Sam Gallagher’s stunning second-minute goal gave Stoke the lead at Molineux, but two goals in three minutes from Rodrigo Gomes turned the game on its head before half-time. Raúl Jiménez’s penalty made it 3-1 after 55 minutes before Jordan James scored on his home debut with six minutes remaining.
Gallagher shocked Wolves with a superb goal. The forward held off Marshall Munetsi before curling a tremendous shot into the top corner from 25 yards. He went close to making it 2-0 when his shot was blocked and Sorba Thomas should have buried the rebound only to fire wide.
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