Barnsley boss has gripe over Charlton Athletic’s second goal in yesterday’s Valley contest

Barnsley manager Michael Duff claimed Charlton Athletic’s second goal in today’s match at The Valley should not have stood.

The Tykes boss reckoned that Jesurun Rak-Sakyi was offside before tapping in after Macauley Bonne’s shot came back off the left post.

But Duff admitted what cost his team was their inability to make more of the chances they created.

He said: “We were good. We got done on a counter, probably with the first shot they had. The goalie will be disappointed.

“I don’t think many teams will come here this season, with the players they have got and recruited, and have as many chances. We’ve had 23 shots and 65 per cent of the ball, so it wasn’t pointless possession.

“We’ve had a bit of bad luck – hit the crossbar twice, had one off the line and one that looked to be going in and hit our player.

“The second goal kills the game for us and he [Rak-Sakyi] is two yards offside. Need the referees to get those decisions right.

“There is frustration, because we lost the game, but I’ll take the performance all the time.

“We’ve had it a bit in the last few weeks – four penalties alone given against us. We can’t blame the referee, we’ve had 23 shots and two on target. That’s where we need to improve our game.

“We’ve lost 3-0, 3-0 and 2-0. In the first game the referee sends a man off when he shouldn’t. The second we weren’t good enough and today we just fell the wrong side of fine margins again.

“Charlton were clinical with their chances and we weren’t, ultimately.”

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