Charlton manager Lee Bowyer slammed his defence after conceding late goals in a 2-1 home defeat to Coventry.

Amadou Bakayoko struck twice in the 81st and 91st minute to extend the Addicks’ winless run to three games.

Lyle Taylor and Tariqe Fosu wasted golden chances to put the game to bed in the first-half.

Bowyer, whose side have conceded nine goals in seven days, said: “Unfortunately the game isn't for 80 minutes, it’s for 90-plus minutes.

“I thought the first-half was quite even, we got the penalty, Lyle takes a good penalty, he should be scoring a header before that from six yards, Tariqe has to score from seven yards out when the fella clears it off the line.

“You can’t keep missing chances like that, you can’t, because we’re conceding goals at the moment.

“We've conceded nine in the last week, that’s not us. Okay, we've got a pick and mix back four at the minute, people are playing out of position. We look so unbalanced it’s unreal.

“Unfortunately that’s the way it is. We can’t help that. The goals again. They're poor. Schoolboy stuff. I just said ‘it’s laughable’ - you look back and think ‘how has that just happened?’

“We were so comfortable, I said ‘are you taking your foot off the pedal? Do you think it’s too easy - and you think you’re that good you can just take your foot off the pedal?’ Football isn't like that.

“In the last week, we’ve got one point after dominating the second-half today and battering Scunthorpe but conceding five. You might think ‘how can you batter Scunthorpe and lose 5-3?’

“We battered Scunthorpe. We could’ve scored seven but conceded five poor goals. How stupid is it saying that?

“Last week against Luton, I thought we were probably the better side overall but we got one point. We should’ve beaten Scunthorpe and we should've won today.

“If you had six points to what we are on, we’d be second. I’ve just said that to them, ‘with six points we’d be second or third but we’re now ninth’. It’s not good.

“You can’t give teams a head start, okay we've still got lots of games to go and we have to sort it out. We can’t keep conceding these poor goals, it isn't good. It’s basic kids stuff.

“For the second goal, you must see the striker and the cross - you must - just open your body. Instead, watch the cross, watch the cross, the fella gets in front of you and goal. It’s basic stuff.

“That’s what frustrates me. If someone shoots and puts it in the top corner from 30 yards, you accept that. But not that today. I told Pearcey [Jason Pearce] it’s not good enough. He’s the captain.

“They [the defence] don't see the ball for a while, we attack and attack and [do] they think it’s all right? I can’t think why it happens, the last three games, we've conceded poor goals.

“It’s not us. The only thing I can put it down to is we’re so unbalanced. No one is outplaying us or outfighting us, it’s just poor goals. You've got to stop that if you want promotion.”

Pearce allowed Bakayoko to get across him for Coventry’s injury-time winner.

The 30-year-old has looked uncomfortable playing on the right side of Charlton’s defence to cover for the injured Patrick Bauer.

Bowyer added: “I called out the back four in general [after the game] because I think from their goal kicks, they were nearly on the edge of our box - it’s ludicrous.

“They’re kicking it and the ball is going 20 yards to reach Pearcey, he’s got to be coming to head that. He’s our leader and captain.

“What makes it even worse, when they did do it right, winning their headers, surely that tells you to keep doing that?

“Defenders get nervy, they don't like leaving space in behind and ours are no different. But the reason why I picked out Pearcey is because his man scored the second goal.

“I don't care who they are - he’s the captain - you do the right things. It’s not personal, it’s football. We can’t keep defending like that.”