Charlton Atheltic lost out to Brentford last night in the Sky Bet Championship as the Addicks were on the wrong end of a narrow 2-1 scoreline at Griffin Park.

The men from The Valley were 1-0 up early on in the match yesterday evening, as Macauley Bonne hit the net inside the first 10 minutes of the match.

Indeed, it was a moment of joy and relief for the striker who has found goals hard to come by since the restart, and the Charlton set about trying to keep hold of the lead.

They did so right until the final section of the game, too, but Brentford eventually ousted them with a penalty from Said Benrahma and a goal from Ethan Pinnock changing the complexion of the game.

Lee Bowyer will try to take positives from it ahead of their clash with Reading at the weekend, though, whilst here are three things we learned from the match...

Williams needing to start

Williams evidently needs to be managed by Lee Bowyer but when he is on the pitch, Charlton look so much more threatening.

He linked up well with Macauley Bonne during his time on the field and even if Bowyer just plays him for an hour each game in the run-in, surely that would benefit the Addicks.

Wing-backs the way forward?

We saw Bowyer change to wing-backs early on against Millwall on Friday night and here he employed that system again, with Adam Matthews and Alfie Doughty playing out wide.

Indeed, it was a system that was working nicely for much of the game and it might be something Lee Bowyer looks to use more in the final matches of the campaign as it gives them a bit more attacking threat out wide, as well as extra defensive stability.

Squad management and subs to decide fate?

There was a feeling among some Charlton fans last night that when the likes of Williams and Alfie Doughty came off, the game changed and Brentford eventually took the three points.

Lee Bowyer has to manage his squad carefully given a lot of their injury records this season and with the games coming thick and fast.

How that falls for them in the next couple of weeks could well decide their fate in terms of staying up or going down.