Scholes:
"It has been frustrating for me, but it was my birthday in midweek so that proved the perfect present — the best I could have asked for.
"I really wanted that goal. In the last couple of weeks I had a few chances and felt it would come eventually, but I have no idea what the problem has been.
"I was trying to take chances but it just didn't work out. Hopefully I can go on from this.
"Maybe it helped that I didn't have time to think about it. It was a sharp chance and I took it.
"The team has struggled for goals, but in the last couple of weeks we have shown we are coming back. We are creating chances, but we haven't scored as many as we would like.
"Now it's up to us to go on from this. We have so many players capable of scoring, it is frustrating that we haven't produced the goals we should.
"It was hard to break Charlton down. They played five across the middle.
"A lot of teams do that here and don't even think about scoring a goal really, but we showed we could and might have scored a few more.
"Maybe a few people were wrong to write us off for the title so early.
"Time will tell. We never think we are out of it no matter how many points we are behind. We will give it a shot and we think we're in with a shout."
SAF:
"We made a lot of chances and we could have got a lot of goals today, but you have to keep at it with Charlton because they're a determined side who just keep going. They persevere and persevere. We got the kind of break we have been missing so far this season.
"Hopefully we will get a bit of good fortune now."
About The Ginger Prince: "I am absolutely delighted for Paul. He is a natural finisher and that goal will do him the world of good. I expect him to go on and reach double figures for us now because that is what he has always done."
Curbishley:
"When you come to the top three or four you have to work so hard to contain them, and the trick is that you have to flick that around and create chances of your own. We couldn't, and that was our problem.
"United are quite capable of putting a run together.
"They were unfortunate not to get a goal against Manchester City a couple of weeks ago. If they had done, it would have been three wins on the trot now and they would have been on their way.
"They have whittled away leads like this before and I certainly won't be writing them off.
"The pitch is not doing them any favours.
"It is very sticky and bobbly and not conducive to the type of football United like to play.
"But when you look at their squad, if they click they can cause any team damage and you could be looking at a very different situation in a couple of months."