Manager Richie Wellens was not in a good mood as Leyton Orient went down to a late Charlton Athletic goal. 

Luke Berry’s stoppage-time strike at The Valley saw the home side maintain their 100 per cent start in League One with a 1-0 derby win.

Summer signing Berry, a free agent after leaving Luton, raced on to substitute Chuks Aneke’s flick to slot into the bottom-left corner of the net.

The result also leaves Orient still searching for their first point of the new campaign and Wellens was directing his ire at the man in the middle, who had booked the boss on the stroke of half-time.

He said: "I got booked for clapping my full-back being in a really good position. He thought I was clapping him. They guess.

"[He was] miles off it and if the FA keep their standards up about how referees perform, that they don’t get a game next week, then I hope I don’t see him on a team-sheet next week. He ruined the game.

"I wouldn’t be surprised if he travels home tonight with a whistle stuck to his lips."

He did eventually point to Orient's own shortcomings, especially in the second period.

"First half we were okay when we got four or five passes in and caused them problems," he said.

"Second half we never got going, dropped too deep and when you play against a team that want to put in long ball after long ball and you don’t deal with it then you probably deserve to lose."

Charlton manager Nathan Jones was also moaning about the official about the tackle that left summer signing Josh Edwards on a stretcher and needing to go for scans, following a tackle by Sean Clare.

Jones said: “It’s not a good challenge. I’ve been in to see the referee and he has instinctively reacted and given a yellow.

"If that goes to VAR it’s a straight red all day long."

Charlie Kelman had two shooting attempts for Orient in the first half, sending one across the face of goal while the other did not trouble Athletic goalkeeper Will Mannion.

Charlton defender Lloyd Jones also headed away a Jordan Brown strike.

The home side ramped up the pressure after the break, even if they still struggled to create clear opportunities before Berry’s moment of composure.

"We were aggressive from the start and if we had relaxed a bit and shown a little more quality in the final third then we’d have scored more,” said Jones.

“The manner of the win was excellent. Second half we were outstanding and stepped it up a level.

“It’s what [Berry] does. I told the club when people were asking why I was signing him, that whatever league you play in, Luke Berry will pop up and have that quality, timing and ability to find a goal.

"He did in the Premier League for Luton, he did it in the Championship, for me, and in League Two.

"That’s why we brought him to the football club."

Orient sit in 20th position after two league games, one of six times without a point.

They host Birmingham City on Saturday in a 3pm kick-off.