'The Footballing Gods weren’t smiling on us' admits Blackpool boss following disappointing draw with Charlton Athletic

The Seasiders were dominant for large periods of the game, but initially struggled to break the deadlock. Hayden Coulson saw an effort cleared off the line, while Jordan Rhodes scuffed a shot at close-range with the goal at his mercy, before Karamoko Dembele eventually opened the scoring at the beginning of the second half.

An own goal from Marvin Ekpiteta pulled the visitors back level, and after that Critchley’s side were unable to apply the same level pressure onto the Addicks defence.

"We’ve played worse than that and have won games,” admitted the Blackpool boss.

"I don’t think we were great against Lincoln and won 2-0; we played far better football today and haven’t got the result- that was the only thing missing. We looked like a really good team, we made Charlton look ordinary at times, we should’ve got the three points, but this could be an important one come the end of the season.

"We played very well in the first half. We played on the front foot with real purpose and created real opportunities; the only thing we were missing was a goal. I was saying to the staff at the break: ‘Is it going to be one of those days?’

"Jordan’s miss was unlike him, you’d expect him to score- that typified that it wasn’t meant to be for us today, maybe the Footballing Gods weren’t smiling on us.

"At the point when we did score, you just think we had the game in our grasp, but we didn’t quite finish them off. It was a brilliant finish from Kaddy (Karamoko Dembele), as soon as it left his foot I knew it was in.

"It’s disappointing not to get three points, but if you don’t win, you’ve got to make sure you don’t lose. Charlton have some quality at the top end of the pitch and they got a bit of quality with the goal, and we didn’t have the rub of the green that we needed. It’s a point, and we keep moving forward.

"I’ve got no fault with our performance, I thought we played with quality and created good opportunities. If there was one disappointing aspect it’d be the end of the game for me, after they scored we didn’t get a foothold back in the game to build momentum. It would’ve been brilliant to have another five or 10 minutes of pressure.”