Johnson delighted by Dele double

Johnson turned down a bid from Nottingham Forest for the veteran centre-forward on Monday and he must have been delighted with that decision.Adebola turned the game with a 49th-minute equaliser, heading home Liam Fontaine's left-wing cross after a dominant Charlton had taken the lead through Tom Soares.And four minutes later Adebola capitalised when the ball dropped from an aerial challenge, stretching to volley past Rob Elliot.Johnson underlined Adebola's attributes and revealed his desire the striker would sign a new deal with the Ashton Gate club."Dele gives us power and strength in our attack and is worth more to us than Forest could offer," said Johnson."There is a new contract on the table awaiting his signature and I hope he will sign it soon."We were poor in the first half, but it only took a look from me at half-time for the players to know they had to do better. We sorted a few things out and in the end could have had more goals."For Charlton boss Phil Parkinson there was little to be positive about as his side sunk deeper into relegation trouble.Soares headed his first goal since signing on loan from Stoke to put the Addicks in front on 29 minutes after Nicky Bailey supplied the cross from the left.But for all their dominance, Charlton could not add to their lead and were second best after the break as Adebola's goals inspired City to finally hit top gear."We weren't strong enough as a team in the second half," said Parkinson. "We played well for a lot of the game but it counts for nothing and we're finding it difficult to get over the finishing line in Championship games."We will lift the players ahead of our next fixture and it's hard to look ahead more than one game at the moment."In our last three performances there have been good things and we will try to emphasise them to the players as we try to build from here."City keeper Adriano Basso made the best save of the first half, diving to keep out Therry Racon's low drive.But Elliot was the busier keeper after the break, making two fine saves, including one from his own team-mate Matthew Spring, who lunged in to intercept a Michael McIndoe cross.Elliot also did well to keep out a late shot from Gavin Williams. The goalkeeper even went forward for a stoppage-time corner as Charlton threw everything at their opponents.But in the end defensive weaknesses and the ever-green Adebola proved the difference.

Source: Team_Talk