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| Sunday, 19 January, 2003, 12:20 GMT Allardyce lauds Djorkaeff ![]() Djorkaeff's spectacular equaliser delighted Allardyce Sam Allardyce praised Youri Djorkaeff after the French international rescued a "massive" point for Bolton with a spectacular overhead kick at Charlton. The 34-year-old struck five minutes from time to cancel out a goal from former Bolton defender Mark Fish. Allardyce said: "The master came up with a master finish.
"Youri is finding his way back to his best form. "I think like many foreign players he is used to having a winter break, and we have had to rest him a bit. "But he is playing better for us than last year and I hope his goal will give him the confidence to find his best form. "That is a massive point for us. When you are 1-0 down anywhere in the Premiership, to get a point is a good result, so you have to be satisfied."
Charlton manager Alan Curbishley also praised Djorkaeff's equaliser, adding: "It was a fantastic goal. "I couldn't see it coming, I thought the three points were in the bag. "That has happened to us a couple of times now as we also lost leads against Manchester City and Spurs recently. "That is two points dropped for us and I am very disappointed because we had a couple of chances to go 2-0 ahead. "You have got to take those and we didn't." |
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