Charlton boss Karl Robinson and Bristol Rovers manager Darrell Clarke both felt Saturday’s winner should not have been given.

The Addicks beat Rovers 1-0 thanks to Patrick Bauer’s first-half header – but neither boss felt the ball had crossed the line.

Goalline technology is not used in League 1 so assistant referee Dean Treleaven made the decision which handed 10-man Charlton three points.

“I’ve seen it and I wouldn’t be happy (if I was them),” said Robinson.

“It wasn’t a sending off and it wasn’t a goal either.

“If we’d got battered and they missed chance after chance then you’d be saying we were very lucky. But I thought we deserved to ride our luck.”

Rovers boss Clarke added: “It was never a goal, the linesman guessed it was over the line. He can’t see that, it didn’t look over to me.

“You want big calls to be made right and that wasn’t made right. I’ve had a look back and there’s no way you can say 100 per cent it’s gone over the line.”

Robinson also felt referee Chris Sarginson was wrong to show Charlton striker Lee Novak the red card after just seven minutes for a two-footed foul on Stuart Sinclair.

“It’s a foul and Lee Novak has come across while being fouled and has gone in for the challenge,” said Robinson.

“It doesn’t look great from behind, but I’m looking right down the line of it. He’s gone across the floor and I think simulation gets him sent off, personally.

“I feel sorry for Lee because it means so much to him this year. With losing Josh Magennis, this was his opportunity.”

Charlton won’t appeal the red card and Robinson added: “I don’t think you will win the appeal - I still don’t think it’s a sending-off - I can’t be bothered with the fine.”

Robinson praised the fitness and mental determination of his players as they comfortably held their own with 10 men for the majority of the match.

“In the first half I don’t think you really knew they had an extra man,” said the Charlton boss.

“I thought we played a lot of the football and dominated possession of the ball. They dominated it when their two centre-backs had it.

“I’ve been here as the opposition. I’ve come here scared and gone out with nothing. We’ve lost that aggression and bit of bite.

“It’s important we use the 25th anniversary of being back at The Valley as motivation and in some ways we’ve let the stadium down over recent years.

“I said to them at the end (in the huddle), don’t listen to me just listen to what you can hear. The roof came off and that’s why I came here as I knew this place has that uniqueness about it.

“The fitness levels are incredible and so is the mental strength of the team. You’ll have to make us bleed to get anything out of us.

"I said to the players before the game – if they want to outrun you, they won’t. If they want to outfight us, come and have a go. If you want to come and try to outplay us, we’ll outplay you.”

Read the match report from Charlton's 1-0 win over Bristol Rovers here