Bolton Wanderers returned to winning ways in League One with a 3-1 victory over Charlton Athletic as they came from behind.
Scott Fraser put the hosts into the lead early on after capitalising on George Johnston's error. But Conor Bradley struck not long after to put Bolton back on level terms.
The Whites went ahead before the break when Kieran Lee found the net. After half-time, Johnston helped to atone for his earlier error to score Bolton's third.
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Wanderers also had to call upon James Trafford to contain the visitors, denying Jesurn Rak-Sakyi on a couple of occasions as they won 3-1. The win sees Bolton sitting eighth in the table on 11 points.
After the game, we analyse the ups and downs from a Wanderers perspective from the encounter and here's what we made of it.
Ups
George Thomason shines
George Thomason has found opportunities hard to come by this campaign in arguably the strongest area of the Wanderers squad. He has Aaron Morley, Kyle Dempsey, MJ Williams and the returning Josh Sheehan as competition.
He was handed a starting berth against Charlton and his inclusion rose some eyebrows pre-match. It was his first start in League One this season.
But it proved to be a fantastic selection choice from Ian Evatt as the midfielder produced a fantastic performance in the middle of the park. It was a clear man of the match showing.
His passing range and his ability to make the right choices with the ball was clear for all to see. The young midfielder was handed an opportunity and he took it with both hands.
Lee shows quality
Veteran Lee is having his game time carefully managed by the Wanderers coaching team. At the age of 34 and not every encounter perhaps suiting him, the games where he is deployed is an important choice.
Ian Evatt has often said he believes Lee is the best natural number 10 at Wanderers. He started in that position again against Charlton.
It was another reminder of what Lee can do as he was key to many of Bolton's key good moments in attack. His first goal of the season where he arrived in the box at the right time was a moment of class the former Sheffield Wednesday man is capable of.
Coming from behind and back to winning ways in League One
Wanderers had lost their last two League One games heading into the encounter. 2-0 losses at the hands of Sheffield Wednesday and Plymouth Argyle had dented some confidence.
A midweek victory over Crewe Alex in the Papa Johns Trophy had restored some of that. It could have gone backwards after going behind early doors.
But as this side have shown in the past, they do not lie down when faced with setbacks. They fought from going behind to claim a valuable and deserved three points which were welcome after the past couple of League One encounters.
Bradley and Iredale cause problems in wing-back roles
Bradley has been a revelation for Wanderers since joining on loan from Liverpool for the campaign. He grabbed his third goal of the season in the victory.
His runs down the right flank was a constant source of problems for the hosts. And on the other side, Jack Iredale was just as dangerous.
His crosses were dangerous throughout and he combined well with Bradley in the encounter. Iredale has proved what a good signing he is proving to be and, though a more defensive option than Declan John, is growing into the wing-back role for Bolton and showing what he can offer moving forwards.
Downs
Individual error crops up again
The game was little over three minutes old when Charlton were able to take the lead at the University of Bolton Stadium. An aerial ball came into the final third and Johnston tried to deal with it.
But he misjudged it and it allowed the dangerous Rak-Sakyi, who caused problems all afternoon, in to drive into the box. He picked out a free Fraser who gave the Addicks the advantage.
Wanderers were able to rally and got back into the game they were able to eventually triumph in. But individual errors is something of a nasty habit for Bolton at the minute and they must curtail it as soon as possible.
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