Manchester United replaced Liverpool at the top of the Premiership today after a double strike from Ole Gunnar Solskjaer gave the reigning champions a 2-0 win at Charlton.
United top the table with 54 points, two clear of Liverpool, 6-0 winners at Ipswich on Saturday.
Solskjaer's two goals takes his Premiership tally for the season to 12.
Solskjaer scored the opening goal at The Valley 12 minutes from half-time.
The United striker, who made his name as a goalscoring substitute but has been a regular in the first team this season, collected Roy Keane's raking pass and unleashed a superb right foot shot which curled past Charlton goalkeeper Dean Kiely into the bottom corner of the net.
Charlton thought they had equalized midway through the second-half but Charlton striker Graham Stuart had his close range effort disallowed for offside.
The decision looked harsh as Stuart appeared to be level with United's French defender Laurent Blanc when he tucked Mark Fish's cross past United goalkeeper Roy Carroll, deputising for the injured Fabien Barthez.
Solskjaer wrapped up the points 16 minutes from time, superbly hooking the ball into the net from a tight angle after Kiely had parried Ryan Giggs' speculative shot on the turn.
AFP