Michael Hughes' second-half strike capped Wimbledon's comeback in the South London derby at Selhurst Park and sentenced Charlton to their sixth consecutive defeat.

Neil Redfearn's 25-yard shot had stunned the home side just before the half-hour mark and promised to bring an end to Charlton's miserable run.

But the Dons dug deep, and thanks to an equaliser from Jason Euell just four minutes later and Hughes' stunning finish, the Addicks have collected just one win in their last 10 games.

However Wimbledon boss Joe Kinnear will not be happy with the form of Scotland international goalkeeper Neil Sullivan. It took a long time for the Dons' last man to wake from his post-Christmas slumber.

The normally-assured Sullivan was far from the form that has alerted Manchester United and Aston Villa and the insecurity spread like wildfire through his defence.

Straight from the kick-off Sullivan dropped a harmless looking Shaun Newton cross at the feet of Steve Brown. Fortunately for Kinnear's men, centre-back Dean Blackwell was able to clear.

Minutes later the Scotsman called for a distant ball, leaving his centre-half Chris Perry at Charlton striker Steve Jones' mercy.

Jones fluffed his chance but in the 24th minute, the frontman again slipped his marker to fire wide from the edge of the area. Five minutes later though came the Addicks' reward for their early pressure.

Yorkshireman Redfearn picked up a cross-field ball from 30 yards out and stroked a breath-taking shot round the static Sullivan.

Rather than give Charlton the lift they needed to end their miserable run, however, the goal seemed to breathe new life into the Dons

Within five minutes the ever-promising Euell had equalised. Among a crowd of defenders the England under-21 international reacted first to a Hughes cross to fire home from eight yards.

Back in the game, Wimbledon stepped up the pace and former Charlton striker Carl Leaburn headed across goal to set up Marcus Gayle only for Sasa Ilic to put on a goalkeeping master class.

The brave keeper plucked the ball from Gayle's feet and hoisted a long ball forward.

Newton gave chase along the right and put in a useful cross which seemed destined to bring about a goal as once more the ball eluded Sullivan.

But with both Mark Kinsella and Jones rushing goalwards in the six-yard box, somehow Wimbledon captain Robbie Earle stuck a foot in the way to clear off the line.

The second half brought about a necessary change, with Dean Blackwell going off for Alan Kimble. And it was the substitute's contribution which was the source of the goal.

His long pass to Leaburn saw the Dons frontman lay-off to Hughes on the right. As harmless as his position seemed to Ilic, it was as dangerous as had been Redfearn's before.

The Irishman spotted Ilic off his line and fired home to put Wimbledon in front.

While Charlton powered forth at every opportunity they could rarely find the target, highlighting Alan Curbishley's strange decision to drop both Andy Hunt and Clive Mendonca.

For Sullivan, though, the day ended as it had begun - with a blotted copybook. His 90th minute booking capped off a poor performance. He will be thanking Chris Perry and Ben Thatcher for their immense contribution.

Teams:

Wimbledon: Sullivan, Cunningham, Perry, Blackwell (Kimble 46), Thatcher, Earle, Gayle, Ardley (Cort 81), Leaburn, Hughes, Euell.

Subs Not Used: Ekoku, Kennedy, Bakke.

Booked: Thatcher, Hughes, Sullivan.

Goals: Euell 33, Hughes 51.

Charlton: Ilic, Mills (Parker 83), Powell, Redfearn, Rufus, Newton (Youds 73), Kinsella, Robinson, Brown, S. Jones, Tiler.

Subs Not Used: K. Jones, Konchesky, Royce.

Booked: Redfearn.

Goals: Redfearn 29.

Att: 19,106

Ref: G Barker (Tring).