Charlton Athletic 3-0 Brentford

Igor Vetokele scored his 10th Championship goal of the season

Charlton ended a 13-game winless league run and gave manager Guy Luzon his first victory with a deserved success against play-off chasing Brentford.

The Addicks - without a win since November - took a first-half lead when Johann Berg Gudmundsson hit a left-footed shot into the top corner.

The home side went 2-0 up when Igor Vetokele steered his 10th goal of the season into the bottom corner.

Frederic Bulot then seized on Harlee Dean's mistake to add a late third.

Much of the build-up to the match had centred on the future of Brentford manager Mark Warburton and his side were well beaten as their impressive run of three straight away wins came to an end.

The hosts began the game three points above the relegation places but started brightly and Bees goalkeeper David Button had to be alert to deny Gudmundsson an early goal.

The work-rate of Charlton's strikers continued to cause problems and Button was forced into another save from Tony Watt's deflected attempt.

But their pressure told midway through the first period when Vetokele teed up Gudmundsson, who finished superbly.

Charlton doubled their lead 10 minutes after half-time when Watt dragged defenders towards him and set up Vetokele to finish well.

Alex Pritchard had the best chances for Brentford but his free-kick and snap-shot were both comfortably saved by Stephen Henderson.

A resounding win was completed late on when Dean allowed Bulot a free run on goal and he struck a left-footed shot into the corner to give Luzon, who replaced Bob Peeters as manager in January, his first three points.

The result moves Charlton six points clear of the relegation places, while Brentford slipped out of the top six.

Charlton manager Guy Luzon:

"From the start we created chances. We scored three and were very organised.

"We deserved to win but it was not easy after three months without a win working on the mental side.

"It is the first step. Our goal is to go to the next game and show the same performance as that is the only way."

Brentford manager Mark Warburton:

"That today was not Brentford; we were slow to the ball, we made poor decisions, we were sloppy in possession and quite simply we were not good enough. All credit to Charlton.

"It's too easy to say matters off the pitch had an impact today, but absolutely not.

"This group is better than that. There is too much quality in the group and as staff we would not allow it.

"I'm sure there will be another statement out this week to provide more clarity on my future."

Charlton celebrate Johann Berg Gudmundsson's opening goal

Goal-scorer Igor Vetokele celebrates with strike partner Tony Watt