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Alex Sharratt reports

Danny Mills had a happy return to The Valley as Leeds United went top of the Premiership with a 2-0 victory over Charlton, who played for an hour with 10 men after Graham Stuart was sent off.

Robbie Keane's first of the season and a second half Mills rocket gave Leeds the points, though they should have scored more as they missed chance after chance as Charlton struggled to keep pace.

Not that Leeds boss David O'Leary will mind as his side went a point above Arsenal at the top and maintained their superb defensive record with another clean sheet.

Charlton's early season woe continued as they were forced to endure wave after wave of Leeds attacks following the dismissal of their captain for a two-footed lunge at Ian Harte.

The game had started at a frenzied pace, the action swinging from end to end without respite for the first ten minutes - and Charlton more than held their own with their illustrious visitors.

Scott Parker's header from a corner was athletically saved by Nigel Martyn in the Leeds goal, but O'Leary's men were a constant threat on the counter-attack, with the pace and skills of Keane and Harry Kewell a menace to Fish and Steve Brown.

And it came as no surprise when Keane netted his first of the season after 21 minutes, pouncing on a loose ball after Fish had elected to let the ball run back to goalkeeper Kiely.

The young Irishman - his place under pressure after his £12 million move from Inter Milan over the summer - kept his cool to lift the ball over the advancing Kiely and give his side the lead.

Keane was rarely out of the action and was the subject of The Valley's frustrations just before the half-hour mark when he appeared to be sent sprawling by the Charlton 'keeper, only for referee Mark Halsey to book him for diving - much to the annoyance of O'Leary on the sidelines.

But the pivotal moment came on the 36th minute when the Charlton captain Stuart was sent off for a two-footed tackle on Harte. The full-back was unhurt in the clash, but it was an ugly lunge from Stuart and exactly the type of challenge the FA are trying to extinguish.

The dismissal gave Leeds plenty of opportunity to utilise their pace on the break and the second half gave Charlton fans little to cheer as they failed to create any real chances despite having plenty of the ball.

Leeds remained patient and simply hit Charlton on the break - a tactic rewarded when full-back Mills crashed a 25-yard left-footed strike past Kiely, much to the annoyance of the home fans who had booed his every touch.

The goal confirmed Leeds' dominance, but despite chance after chance, the visitors failed to kill off the game, with Keane particularly wasteful.

Lee Bowyer - who had been almost anonymous in the first period - began making the late runs in to the box that brought him a hat-full of goals last season, but he too failed to really test Kiely.

Keane goes down - but gets booked for diving

MAN OF THE MATCH: Danny Mills (Leeds) Great strike for his goal to silence the barracking Valley fans, and solid in both attack and defence

MINUTE-BY-MINUTE UPDATES
FULL TIME: Leeds go top of the Premiership with a comfortable win
88mins: The ball just fails to break for Charlton after Bartlett burst in to the area
82mins: A Bowyer overhead kick ends in the arms of Kiely as Leeds press for a third
77mins: SKILLS! Kewell flick sets up Bowyer, but the former Chalrton man fails to hit the target
75mins: Leeds sitting back and waiting for their chance to kill the game
70mins: Kewell should have scored, one-on-one with Kiely after a great run
66mins: SUBS! McPhail comes on for the injured Dacourt, while Kinsella replaces Euell
65mins: OOOH! Leeds are rampant as a Viduka shot is blocked on the line
62mins: GOAL! Mills silences the Valley crowd with a 20 yard thunderbolt
59mins: Batty puts a dangerous cross out for a corner as Charlton press
56mins: Charlton making a good fist at dragging themselves back into the game, but lack the killer ball
53mins: Bowyer flashes a volley wide from just inside the box
51mins: BOOKED! Bartlett booked for late challenge on Ferdinand
49mins: OOOH! Euell should have done better with a shot from 20 yards 
48mins: CLOSE! Keane misses a sitter after the ball broke loose in the area
47mins: Leeds making their extra man count as they keep possession
46mins: Charlton kick-off on a bright and sunny afternoon

HALF TIME: Charlton battling hard, but will be up against it in the second half
45mins: GREAT SHOT! Martyn fists clear from a piledriver from Fish
45mins: Assistant referee signals four minutes added time
43mins: Jason Euell sidesteps Ferdinand but fires over from 20 yards
41mins: OOOH! Kewell goes past four players but his shot is blocked
39mins: CRUNCH! Bowyer is felled by Scott Parker
36mins: OFF! Charlton skipper Stuart dismissed for two footed tackle on Harte
34mins: Another Charlton free-kick is cleared by David Batty
30mins: BOOKED! Luke Young booked for crunching challenge on Oliver Dacourt
27mins: BOOKED! Leeds counter-attack, but Keane is booked for diving in the area
23mins: OOOH! Parker should have scored after a good cross from Powell
22mins: Fish in the action again, tackling Viduka inside the area
21mins: GOAL! Robbie Keane scores his first of the season after a mistake from Mark Fish, lifting the ball over an advancing Kiely
19mins: OUCH! Chris Powell holds his head after a mid-air collision
16mins: SAVE! A magnificent save from Nigel Martyn from a Paul Konchesky header
14mins: Keane twists and turns the defence to earn a corner for Leeds
12mins: Paul Konchesky scuffs a shot wide after a great passing move from the home side
8mins: SAVE! Keily pushes an Ian Harte free-kick from the head of Mark Viduka as Leeds get on top
5mins: END-TO-END! Far-post header from Robbie Keane falls in to the hands of Dean Kiely
2mins: Superb Leeds counter-attack results in a corner, just cleared by the Charlton defence
1min: OOOH! Early Charlton free-kick just evades Mark Fish at the back post
0mins: Leeds kick off after an impeccably observed minute's silence at The Valley