Charlton were 'outstanding' - Jones

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Nathan Jones led Charlton Athletic back to the Championship after they beat Leyton Orient in the League One play-off final last season

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Charlton Athletic manager Nathan Jones has praised his side's 1-0 win at Sheffield United given the 'context' of the occasion at Bramall Lane.

Isaac Olaofe's late winner meant there was no fairy tale return for Blades boss Chris Wilder who is back in the Blades dugout for a third time.

"It was just an excellent win. I thought we deserved it. If you look at the context and the difficulty of the game; this is Sheffield United, away, full house, returning manager who's been synonymous with success here so to put in that level of performance I thought was outstanding," Jones told BBC London.

"First half, I thought we were the better team, we had the better chances, one or two on the counter.

"We had two really good opportunities from second phase, the keeper made great saves.

"We had similar opportunities to what Ipswich had the week before yet they ran out 5-0 and we had only one so that's a learning curve for us but the level of performance was fantastic."