Charlton's Docherty disappointed by his team's performance

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Charlton Athletic captain Greg Docherty was unimpressed by the performance that his side put in during the 5-1 defeat to a Southampton side that had struggled this season by now was beginning to get back into the groove of things with three wins in a row.

It was only the second time that the Addicks had lost at the Valley in 2025, the other coming against Leicester City earlier on in the season.

Docherty spoke of his disappointment for the performance that him and the others Charlton players but they had to move on from this defeat quickly.

"Today we let ourselves down massively", said the captain.

"I can't put my figure on it yet but we will be back in tomorrow to analyse what exactly went wrong in the game."

"Now it's about owning it and taking it on the chin and looking ourselves in the mirror because there is no one else to blame.

"I just want to apologise to the supporters because they do not deserve that, they followed us near and far, driven us over the line to get good results and today it was not good enough."

"As a group we will face it and we apologise."

"We have to quickly shake it because we have another two huge games coming up this week."

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