Benjamin Disraeli once said ‘There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.’
But that wasn’t the case for Charlton’s game against Nottingham Forest as the match statistics truly did indicate the level of performances between the two sides.
As we struggled towards three shots over the course of ninety minutes, Forest peppered our goal with twenty two attempts.
The possession statistics are always debatable, but the official numbers were 34% to Charlton and 66% to Forest and it was probably difficult to argue that.
Of course the overall statistics were heavily influenced by the loss of Yann Kermorgant who was sent off for kicking out at Greg Halford with over five minutes left of the first half.
Forest then did what they needed to take the points with goals from Radoslaw Majewski and Henri Lansbury.
‘I have seen it since and it is definitely a red card. It was the red mist for Yann. He does get a lot of knocks and is not always protected but no excuse.
‘We lose him for three games now and he was immense for us in midweek. I was a bit perplexed at the time as to why the referee consulted the linesman on the far side, which seemed a bit bizarre. Powell told the BBC after the game.
He added: ‘The sending-off made it even harder for us as it was difficult enough when it was 11 v 11 as Forest settled very well and used the ball well.
‘We really needed to get to half-time and get reorganised but when you are down to 10 it makes it harder.’
The result sees Charlton drop down to 14th in the Championship table.
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