JUSSI Jaaskelainen is realistic enough to know that there is no such thing as a faultless goalkeeper.

But he will never give up in his pursuit of excellence.

It's that determination to cut mistakes down to a minimum that has taken him to the top of his profession and put his name straight into the Arsenal frame when Jens Lehmann hinted that he was considering quitting the Premiership and returning to Germany.

Nevertheless, when he is at fault, Jaaskelainen is man enough to admit it - and without reservation.

"I don't make any excuses," he said, dismissing the suggestion that he was caught out by the flight of the ball when Charlton's Talal El Karkouri beat him from 30 yards for what turned out to be a costly equaliser on Wanderers' last appearance at the Reebok.

"It was just one of those things. Obviously, when it went in I couldn't believe it.

"Then you try and think why? You look at it on the video but it's still just one of those things."

Jaaskelainen, who will celebrate a decade of service to Wanderers later this year, felt his team-mates had more than enough opportunities to claim all three points from the Charlton game.

But he was philosophical about the goalkeeper's lot.

"When you make a mistake there is nobody there to help you," he said. "It was a silly mistake but I've put it behind me now.

"I just have to learn from it and make sure that's the last one. My aim this season is to make fewer mistakes than last season and if I do that, I'll be happy." Jaaskelainen kept his 11th clean sheet of the season as Wanderers bounced back from recent disappointments with a win at Watford and he believes they now have a golden opportunity to push on and qualify again for Europe.

"We definitely needed those three points," he said.

"To be fair, we've been disappointed with a couple of our performances lately. But the win at Watford has given us a lift and now, hopefully, we can play to our best for the rest of the season."