'That's only our second game together and we'll get better as time goes on - it's early days yet, but it's already looking good.
'Coley has told me we must keep talking out there. He stressed that I have to keep letting him know where I am and he'll do the same with me. He keeps telling me: "Hang on to the ball, hold it up, that's the most important thing". I think we did that well today.
'I just hope it keeps working so well. The whole team has been lifted by his presence - we were frightening during the first half. The number of chances we created and the way we linked up was fantastic.'
Jansen's fine performance was rewarded with the late goal that rubbed salt into Charlton's wounds, their spirited second-half fightback having been derailed by Scott Parker's red card for taking Jansen's legs in the 65th minute as the striker homed in on goal.
Charlton boss Alan Curbishley, whose side had lost only once in nine matches, called on referee
Neale Barry to take another look and reconsider his verdict. 'When we went to 10 men we were done for, but it was very harsh,' he said. 'I was sitting right behind it and felt sorry for Scott - he got the ball first, then their player fell.'
But Jansen insisted: 'Television will show that he took my legs. Their fans were giving me a bit of stick afterwards but I was through on goal, so I'm not going to go down, am I?'
Certainly not in the effervescent mood displayed on Saturday, when a little luck and steadier finishing might have delivered a repeat of Blackburn's 7-1 win over West Ham in October.
Glenn Hoddle memorably questioned Cole's strike ratio and Souness admitted his man should have celebrated a hat-trick, but Cole makes things happen to such an extent that the chances, taken or not, will keep coming.
He scored the day's best goal, curled in from David Dunn's simple set-up on the stroke of half-time, and deserved another when his angled drive hit the foot of a post.
Tugay weighed in with a typical fifth-minute opener while Craig Hignett marked his 32nd birthday with a coolly-taken third goal in three games.
There were other satisfying performances, too, that had Souness looking forward to a celebration bottle of wine - none more so than the powerful, driving display from Dunn in the wake of interest from Chelsea and Newcastle.
It was precisely the response Souness had been seeking from his England Under-21 captain. The manager said: 'People are talking about him being worth £8m. They should be looking at nearer £20m, but David's not for sale anyway. There are no problems between us.'
Charlton were left to wonder what might have happened had Claus Jensen's searing volley not come back off Brad Friedel's bar with Rovers wavering just minutes after Jason Euell pulled it back to 2-1 from Stig Bjornebye's miskick early in the second half.
Curbishley said: 'Cole's movement makes Blackburn a handful up front but they should have been punished at the other end.'
