Bob Peeters has described Charlton's last-gasp 1-0 defeat by Ipswich Town as “unforgivable”.

Substitute and debutant Noel Hunt scored with virtually the last kick of the game after both teams had wasted numerous goalscoring chances.

Callum Harriott and Johann Gudmundsson missed the finest that came Charlton’s way and it was this, in addition to Tal Ben Haim losing possession late on, that the manager was most frustrated about.

“We only have to blame ourselves,” Peeters said. “You create enough chances, you have enough possibilities to win at least one, maybe two games, and it’s about finishing that last ball off.

“Then, in the 94th minute, if your centre back (Ben Haim) is going to think he can try and dribble in the middle of the park and score a goal… if you get cocky, they punish you.

“We got a lesson today.

“I think in every aspect of football we were the better team. We passed the ball better, better movement – they (Ipswich) only kicked long balls.

“But it’s about putting the ball in the net and that’s what they did and that’s why they’re up there (second, at the final whistle) and we are not.

“You can play good football, you can be pleasing the fans, but if you think in the 94th minute you can start dribbling as a centre back – especially one of my most experienced players – then it’s unforgivable.”

Though also saying Charlton “did everything well, played one of our best games this season”, Peeters revealed he avoided speaking to his team after the final whistle through a concern over “saying something I would regret”.

“It’s also the first time I didn’t go to my players,” he said.

“Normally after the game I go to my players and I didn’t today because otherwise I would have said some things maybe I would regret on Monday.

“We don’t have to go ‘Ah, we didn’t deserve’, or whatever. That’s football.

“We need to be more professional and more… maybe they had more desire to score a goal than us, and that’s what maybe we lack and we need to pump it in in training.

“But again in training, the balls are flying in. It’s not training. It’s in the game you need to do it.”

“I can’t honestly say we’ve come here and played Charlton off the park,” added Ipswich manager Mick McCarthy.

“Charlton were the better team in the first half.

“We got better in the second half and in the last 15 minutes it was us who was going to win it.

“I thought Charlton were good.”

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