Alan Curbishley after the first of two festive London derbies at the Valley said: "I've got no time with him getting himself sent off, especially at that stage of the game when we'd just gone a goal down."
Meanwhile, The Daily Telegraph reported that a three-match ban may bring to an end Lee Bowyer's Newcastle United career, with Charlton, one of his former clubs, and Birmingham monitoring his situation ahead of the January transfer window.
Bowyer on wages of £35,000 a week has been sent off four times in the last 13 months. He has made it clear that he sees his future elsewhere. He had claimed wrongful dismissal after being shown a straight red card for a lunge on Liverpool’s Xabi Alonso.
Maybe a change in attitude among the Charlton players, despite another defeat may prevent Curbs making that particular acquisition.
The Addicks boss asked for more passion and work-rate and that’s what he got in the Arsenal game.
"We haven't been working as hard as that as a team and that's why we've been struggling - we need to do that in every game now and try to get some of the football back that we were playing at the start of the season," he added.