Charlton Athletic 2 - 3 Blackburn Rovers

CHARLTON crashed out of the Carling Cup and suffered their fifth-straight defeat as Blackburn staged a dramatic comeback in Wednesday's fourth round tie at The Valley.

The Addicks were apparently cruising after Darren Ambrose and the recalled Danny Murphy had given them a two-goal lead.

But the visitors stunned the home side with three goals in the last 15 minutes to reach the last eight of the competition.

Charlton took the lead in the 37th minute when Ambrose was on hand to convert Jonatan Johansson's pass.

And the game was seemingly made safe five minutes after the break when Murphy capitalised on a defensive error to double the advantage.

But Blackburn gave themselves hope when Shefki Kuqi pulled one back in the 75th minute. And hope turned to expectation when David Thompson robbed Radostin Kishishev before lashing in a superb long-range shot to level matters.

David Bentley completed the comeback when he latched onto Morten Gamst Pedersen's pass and drilled home the winner with three minutes to play.

Charlton: Kiely, Young (Spector 70), El Karkouri, Hreidarsson, Powell (Bothroyd 89), Kishishev, Smertin, Murphy, Johansson (Hughes 79), Ambrose, Bent.
Subs Not Used: Myhre, Thomas.

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