LONDON, Oct 17: Charlton Athletic remained rooted to the bottom of the Premier League on Monday as Claus Jensen made a scoring comeback after a year's absence to help Fulham to a 2-1 home win.

Charlton had by far the best of the first half, with Dennis Rommedahl running riot, but failed to turn a series of half-chances into goals.

They paid a heavy price when Fulham suddenly cut loose in an explosive three minute spell midway through the second period.

They broke the deadlock in the 65th minute when Brian McBride shot from edge of box and scored with the aid of a slight deflection.

His strike partner Tomasz Radzinski lashed another 20 metre swerving shot just over the bar a minute later and moments after that Jensen made it 2-0 nine minutes after coming on as a substitute.

The Danish international marked his first Premiership appearance for a year by breaking onto a long ball to stretch and poke home the second against his former club.

Darren Bent pulled on back in the 77th minute when he reacted sharply to a loose ball to score from just inside the box but Charlton could not force an equaliser and so stay bottom with three points from eight games.

Fulham move up to 10th, above Liverpool, on 12 points.

Results:

Played on Monday:

Fulham 2 Charlton Athletic 1

Played on Sunday:

Newcastle United 1 Bolton Wanderers 2

Played on Saturday:

Arsenal 3 Watford 0

Aston Villa 1 Tottenham Hotspur 1

Liverpool 1 Blackburn Rovers 1

Manchester City 0 Sheffield United 0

Middlesbrough 2 Everton 1

Portsmouth 2 West Ham United 0

Reading 0 Chelsea 1

Wigan Athletic 1 Manchester United 3

—Reuters