LONDON, CMC – Reggae Lady Melissa Johnson got here off the bench to web an insurance coverage objective for Charlton Athletic as they beat Southampton 2-0 to go joint prime of the FA Girls’s Championship.
Enjoying on Sunday at St Mary’s, the 32-year-old Johnson acquired on the scoresheet within the fourth minute of stoppage time on the finish to make sure the guests climbed to the summit alongside Sunderland, with the Saints now three factors off the lead within the fourth.
Conscious that victory would have taken both crew to the highest of the league, each side pushed for the all-important objective within the first half, however the stanza completed goalless.
Nonetheless, Charlton went forward two minutes following the resumption, the damaging Kayleigh Inexperienced eluding her markers within the field to move in Carla Humphrey’s cross.
Charlton was then compelled to climate a troublesome interval as Southampton pressed for the equalizer earlier than Johnson, a 69th-minute substitute, made positive of the factors.
With seven minutes added on the finish, Johnson acquired on to the ball midway by means of stoppage, producing an outstanding solo run, capped off when she clinically beat goalkeeper Kayla Rendell.
The victory was Charlton’s fourth on the trot, leaving them unbeaten of their final seven video games.
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