Coyle thrilled with Clarets courage

Substitute Steven Thompson was the two-goal hero for Coyle's side who won for the first time in the league since December 21.Relegation-haunted Charlton had taken the lead against the run of play five minutes before half-time when Chris Dickson's cross was turned in by Nicky Bailey.The introduction of Thompson after 62 minutes for winger Chris Eagles was to prove the turning point in the game.Thompson's first goal arrived 14 minutes from time when he converted a knock-down from winger Wade Elliott.Thompson's winning goal arrived in the 95th minute as Charlton were made to pay for their blatant time-wasting tactics.Burnley should have secured all three points much earlier, but found Charlton goalkeeper Rob Elliott in good form while veteran full-back Graeme Murty twice cleared off the line from Burnley skipper Steven Caldwell.Burnley again proved that they are a team full of energy and desire and show a willingness to keep going until the final whistle notwithstanding the fact that this was already their 40th game of the season.Coyle said: "The courage and bravery the players showed was tremendous."There was real bravery in their performance. We have the courage of our convictions."It was important to win today, we have played 40 games and are just two points away from the play-offs."It would have been easy to hide at 1-0 down but my players don't know when they are beaten."We have great spirit at this football club. Tommo made a big impact and I delighted for him at a personal level."Charlton boss Phil Parkinson was left to reflect on what might have been.He said: "To put in the performance we did and get nothing is a blow. Six minutes of stoppage time was a joke. The referee got sucked in by the home supporters."I expected four minutes and it's cost us."We came under pressure in the second half, but we had two moments where we didn't work hard enough to stop the ball coming into the box."Whilst we showed resilience and commitment, that has to go right down to the wire."

Source: Team_Talk