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Charlton took a huge stride towards the play-offs with a 2-1 victory over fellow promotion hopefuls Portsmouth on Saturday, with Lyle Taylor netting his 16th goal of the season in all competitions to secure a crucial three points.

The 28-year-old stabbed home the winner just after the break to cap off what he feels was a fantastic performance. Speaking after the game, the striker said:

"At the end of the day, regardless of if we make the top two or the play-offs, we have to carry momentum into it.

"I know from my time at Wimbledon. We finished seventh, but we were unbeaten in something like seven games and we just went from nowhere in mid-table into seventh and we carried the momentum to Wembley and we were never going to lose.

"Momentum is the biggest thing in football - belief. And you are only going to get that from going out there and dominating games like we did today."

With just 10 games to go, the Addicks will almost certainly secure a play-off spot or better if they can continue to register performances like the one they produced at The Valley at the weekend.

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Lee Bowyer's side applied wave after wave of pressure to their visitors, whose one goal - from a corner - was a soft once to concede from a Charlton point of view, and that eventually paid off for the south east London outfit.

The game certainly could have been won by a greater margin - Josh Cullen was denied by teammate Igor Vetokele in the first half when he fired against the striker's back - and Charlton will surely cruise to promotion if they keep up that standard if performance.

Could the Addicks' end to the 2018/19 season mirror that of Wimbledon's promotion to League One in 2015/16, in which Taylor was also essential to?