Okonkwo’s Charlton deliver blow to Hammers with London derby triumph

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Photo Credit: Charlton Athletic/X

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Charlton maintained their perfect start to the Championship season with a 2-1 victory at West Ham on Saturday that added to the pressure on Hammers boss Nuno Espirito Santo.

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Lloyd Jones and Tyreece Campbell Charlton 2-0 up in the London derby before Joel Piroe, on loan from Leeds, pulled one back on his West Ham debut.

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Taty Castellanos missed a stoppage-time penalty for the Hammers, relegated from the Premier League last season, as Charlton made it two wins from two.

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Southampton bounced back from defeat by Watford as Divin Mubama scored a dramatic late goal on his home debut to help the Saints secure a 3-1 victory over former club Stoke.

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Almost a year ago, the Manchester City loan striker was sent off for Stoke at St Mary’s for diving.

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Ryan Manning scored an injury-time penalty after Svante Ingelsson was sent off for bringing down Samuel Edozie.

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Cyle Larin bagged his third goal in as many games to give Tonda Eckert’s side an early lead but Stoke hit back through Ethan Galbraith.

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Southampton have been deducted four points and were expelled from the Championship play-off final after being found guilty of spying on a training session of Middlesbrough, the side they beat in the semi-final in contravention of league rules.

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Fer Lopez scored two goals as Wolves secured their first win of the season with a 3-1 success away to Preston.

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Blackburn stunned Middlesbrough with two goals in six second-half minutes to earn a 2-1 victory at Ewood Park, while Wrexham drew 1-1 with Watford in front of Hollywood owners Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney.

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Cardiff remain unbeaten two games into their return to the second tier after Cian Ashford and Yousef Salech’s goals secured a 2-2 draw at Derby.

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Tairyk Arconte scored his first two goals for Millwall as they overwhelmed 10-man Norwich 3-0 to earn their second successive win.

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Norwich, who’ve now lost both of their opening games, had defender Jose Cordoba sent off in the second half at The Den.

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Portsmouth claimed their first win of the campaign with a 3-1 success at Lincoln.

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Demarai Gray rescued a point for Birmingham with a late penalty in a 2-2 draw at home to Bristol City.

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QPR drew 0-0 with Bolton at Loftus Road and it was a similar story for Sheffield United, under threat of a 12-point deduction for unpaid debts, as they played out their second goalless stalemate of the season at Swansea.

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