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Ddespite all their efforts, Albion succumb to their third consecutive home defeat.
Chris Kirkland takes a free kick for Albion. Zoltan Gera is free on the right, he clips the ball but it is over the top of the bar.
The fourth official indicates 4 minutes of stoppage time.
Steve Watson plays a long ball looking for Neil Clement but it is too long and bobbles through to Stephan Andersen.
Zoltan Gera plays a quick ball into the box to Geoff Horsfield but he is offside.
Danny Murphy is brought off by Alan Curbishley and Bryan hughes comes on.
Curtis Davies goes agonisingly close to equalising with a header but it is too straight and Stephan Andersen is able to claim.
Nathan Ellington with the flick on for Geoff Horsfield. Stephan Andersen dives to his right and parries the ball out for a throw.
Jonathan Greening tricks the Charlotn defence, pulls away to the left and puts a cross in. Ellington misses it but Gera volleys. Stephan Andersen catches.
Darren Bent makes his way inside the box, flicks the ball to Jerome Thomas whose shot is way off target.
Diomansy Kamara makes a good run through the Charlton defence, knocks it on to his left foot and shoots but it is too high and flies over the crossbar.
Ronnie Wallwork delivers a cross into the box which Greening volleys. The ball nearly falls to Horsfield but Luke Young gets to it first and fires the ball out of danger.
Radostin Kishishev receives a yellow card for a foul on Diomansy Kamara.
Robert Earnshaw and Kevin Campbell are taken off by Bryan Robson to be replaced by Nathan Ellington and Geoff Horsfield.
Nice link up play by Alexei Smertin and Luke Young resluts in a long cross by Young which Kirkland is there to meet.
Dennis Rommedahl makes way for Jay Bothroyd who makes his debut for Charlton.
The ball has fallen nicely for Jonathan Greening who crosses into Campbell.
Jonathan Greening fires a shot at Stephan Andersen but it is just wide of the mark.
A poor ball from Alexei Smertin to Hermann Hreidarsson is picked up by Robert Earnshaw who runs with it.
Zoltan Gera finds himself clear on the right, he fires a cross in but there is no one there to meet it.
Zoltan Gera heads back to Curtis Davies who scores his first goal on his home debut.
Steve Watson to Zoltan Gera, he shoots left footed. It takes a deflection and goes out for a corner.
West Brom come out firing in the second half as Jonathan Greening goes immediatley close. Claims for handball against Hermann Hreidarsson are ignored by the referee.
West Brom leave the field for half time to boos from the home crowd as Charlotn lead by Murphy's two goals.
Luke Young goes down in the area under a challenge from Paul Robinson, he cliams a penalty but referee Chris Foy waves his appeals away.
A poor ball from Murphy gifts the ball back to Gera who knocks it to Curtis Davies. He passes to Campbell who shoots but it is off target.
Curtis Davies llooks for options, finally flicks it to Gera who finds Wallwork but Charlton close them down.
Curtis Davies plays the long ball hoping to find Kevin Campbell. Hermann Hreidarsson flicks on and Campbell shoots but Stephan Andersen saves easily.
Robert Earnshaw picks up possession deep in his own half, finds Greening who plays the long ball to Campbell but it goes straight through for a goal kick.
It is too easy for Charlton as Dennis Rommedahl sprints down the right and puts in a deep cross for Danny Murphy to slot home.
Jerome Thomas tries a speculative shot that is deflected off the back of Curtis Davies to make it an esay claim for Chris Kirkland.
A long ball from Jonathan Greening finds Robert Earnshaw who finds some space round the back of the Charlton defence but he cannot find room for a shot.
Chris Kirkland makes a fantastic save from Jerome Thomas on the edge of the area.
Charlton build the pressure again as Alexei Smertin comes forward and finds Luke Young on the right.
Danny Murphy plays a short ball forward to Alexei Smertin.Chris Perry sprints forward, finds Rommedahl who crosses.
Neil Clement drives the ball forward left-footed but Earnshaw fails to meet it and it rolls out for a throw.
Robert Earnshaw and Jonathan Greening play a neat one two to bring the ball forward for Albion but Earnshaw is clumsy and Charlotn regain possession.
Luke Young powers forward down the wing for Charlton beating Earnshaw before Neil Clement challenges to win the ball back.
West Brom go close to equalising as Zoltan Gera dends in a curling free kick that is just wide.
Danny Murphy strokes the ball into the back of the net, scroing from the spot.
Jerome Thomas breaks into the box but he is brought down by Steve Watson.
Ronnie Wallwork threads the ball through to Robert Earnshaw but he is offside.
A long ball over the top for Kevin Campbell is met by Luke Young who knocks it back to Stephan Andersen.
Chris Powell takes a throw in for Charlton, Gera intercepts but cannot keep the ball in.
A cross to Jonathan Greening on the left, he flicks it back to Paul Robinson but Hermann Hreidarsson is there to cover the danger for Charlton.
West Brom kick off at The Hawthorns
Danny Murphy's double immediately got Charlton Athletic back to winning ways in the Premiership as struggling West Bromwich Albion crashed to a third successive defeat at the Hawthorns. Murphy's two first-half goals earned high-flying Charlton their fifth win in six games with their only slip-up coming at the hands of champions Chelsea last week. Charlton, who have now won all the Premiership games they have played at The Hawthorns, were well worth their 2-0 half-time lead as they dominated proceedings in the opening 45 minutes. Their advantage would have been even greater but for goalkeeper Chris Kirkland who pulled off two smart saves. Albion were left chasing the game after just nine minutes when referee Chris Foy ruled that Albion right-back Steve Watson had fouled Jerome Thomas to bring to an end his surging run into the area. Foy had no hesitation in pointing to the spot and Murphy calmly rolled the ball home as he sent his former Liverpool team-mate Kirkland the wrong way. Once Charlton had broken the deadlock the only surprise was that it took them another 22 minutes to increase their advantage. That was solely down to the heroics of Kirkland who beat away a header from Murphy and pushed a rising drive from Thomas over the bar after tricky winger Dennis Rommedahl had set up both chances. But Rommedahl made it third time lucky in the 31st minute when he cashed in on a lucky ricochet. When Paul Robinson challenged the Charlton right-back Luke Young the ball bounced off the knee of Albion midfielder Jonathan Greening and straight into the path of the flying Rommedahl. Greening tried to keep pace with the Dane but never got near him. Rommedahl was able to reach the goal-line and send over a cross that Murphy was able to calmly turn home from six yards. Albion were in danger of being over-run at this stage, but did eventually spark themselves into life in the final five minutes of the half when skipper Kevin Campbell twice went close only to see his shot blocked by Chris Perry and his header saved by Stephan Andersen. It was to prove to be a vital spell of play for Albion as they were able to take the momentum they had built up during that period into the start of the second half. With Diomansy Kamara also replacing the ineffective Andy Johnson, Albion were transformed and gained their reward after 51 minutes through Clint Davies. Perry could only head a Robert Earnshaw corner out to Ronnie Wallwork who in turn played the ball back into the area. He picked out Davies who had the simple task of nodding past Andersen from six yards. For the first time in the game, Charlton were rattled and Zoltan Gera was inches away from dragging Albion level three minutes later when his shot flew wide. When Greening fired just wide in the 58th minute it seemed only a matter of time before Albion would draw level but Kamara drove over the bar after 75 minutes and then Gera was denied by Andersen. Davies then saw his stoppage-time header saved as Charlton just about managed to hold on to the advantage Murphy had given them as they secured their fourth successive away win. MAN OF THE MATCH: Danny Murphy (Charlton) - Two coolly taken goals and an impressive all-round display as the former Liverpool ace produced the kind of form that must catch the eye of England chief Sven-Goran Eriksson.
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