Charlton Athletic 3 Sheffield Wednesday 1: Carvalhal relieved to get two-week break

Skipper Johnnie Jackson, striker Simon Makienok and Reza Ghoochannejhad all netted as they ended Wednesday’s impressive unbeaten run, with Fernando Forestieri grabbing a consolation.

“Congratulation to Charlton, they deserved to win,” the Portuguese said.

“We have played a lot of games with high intensity, for example against Arsenal, and we have kept four clean sheets but we did not have the energy.

“Charlton played with high intensity and we could not match their style.

“We lost players with injury through the game because their bodies could no longer take it and it meant it was not our day.

“It was not about complacency, it was about the lack of energy. Players could not deal with it. It can happen.

“No one can control this kind of thing. It was a bad day for us but congratulations to Charlton.

“We need the international break and we need to find out how (Glenn) Loovens, Jack Hunt, and Barry Bannan are. We expect to be back at full strength by next week.”

Charlton’s interim manager Karel Fraeye hailed his players for proving the doubters wrong.

“It was a game on paper that everyone said we had no chance,” said Fraeye, who is enjoying a second stint at the Valley.

Charlton: Henderson, Solly (Holmes-Dennis 24), Bauer, Sarr, Fox, Ba (Moussa 66), Diarra, Jackson, Gudmundsson, Makienok Christoffersen, Ghoochannejhad (Lookman 83). Unused substitutes: Ahearne-Grant, Bergdich, Charles, Pope.

Sheff Wed: Westwood, Hunt, Lees, Loovens (Sasso 46), Pudil, Wallace, Lee, Hutchinson (Lucas Joao 46), Bannan, Forestieri, Hooper (McGugan 66). Unused substitutes: Semedo, Nuhiu, Helan, Wildsmith.

Referee: G Ward (Surrey).

Man of the match: Fernando Forestieri.