Here’s Stuart James’s match report. That’s all from me. Thanks for reading and emailing. Bye!
Neil Warnock speaks! “I thought we were the better side all the way through. We had to work really hard to lose that. I thought we were super in everything we did apart from defend the two goals. They were quite simplistic and we should do better. I watched the game with Leicester v Newcastle yesterday and saw a penalty given for handball. It’s unnatural with Paterson’s overhead kick. I thought it was a penalty. But the smaller clubs don’t get it. Sometimes it depends on what referee you get. Someone else might have given it. We still should have taken advantage of the chances and maybe had a bit of help in other areas. I don’t know how many free-kicks Lowton had to give away before he got a yellow card.”
Sean Dyche speaks! “It’s very difficult coming here. We knew it would be. We lost our centre-half early and Kevin Long came in and did very well. Second half we calmed a little bit. The mentality to stick in there and stay resolute. Sometimes that’s underestimated. We couldn’t find it first half. They got the ball forward but I’m not against that. We couldn’t be effective. But as the game calmed in the second half, we were more effective. This is a really tough division. Joe Hart made the stops he can stop but the balls coming in the box, he was very good coming out.”
None of the bottom three have won a game yet. Would it be a surprise if Cardiff, Huddersfield and Newcastle are all in the bottom three in May? Probably not when it comes to the first two, though it remains tough to see Rafa Benitez taking Newcastle down.
What does losing this game say for Cardiff’s survival hopes? They edge a poor game but have made their worst start in any competition for 54 years. They have two points from their first seven games and are stuck in the bottom three with Huddersfield and Newcastle. Burnley created two chances and took them both to move five points clear of the bottom three. “It’s huge, we needed it,” Burnley’s Joe Hart says. “It was a tough start to the season and we sat down and had a lot of talks. I think all the crowds flooded at half-time from the Ryder Cup to watch this game when they heard about this classic, us slugging it out. No, I’m joking. I got a nice reception as always, as I get everywhere I go.”
Full-time: Cardiff City 1-2 Burnley
Sean Dyche roars. The Cardiff fans applaud. Burnley celebrate.
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90 min+3: Lennon fouls Murphy. Yellow card. Camarasa crosses again but Burnley deal with it.
90 min+2: Murphy’s dinked cross from the left causes some uncertainty in the middle, forcing Hart to react before the ball drifts inside the far post. But the flag’s up for offside anyway.
90 min: Lowton fouls Madine off the ball, handing Cardiff another chance to launch a free-kick into the Burnley area. There will be four added minutes. Burnley clear Camarasa’s free-kick.
88 min: Murphy drives a low shot towards the far post, hoping for a touch from someone, but the ball zips wide.
87 min: Lowton picks up a booking for clattering into Murphy. The free-kick’s about 20 yards out but around 10 yards to the left of the D.
85 min: Cardiff are still plugging away. “Agriculturally speaking, those in the coastal areas of South Carolina are referred to as Sandlappers. Sounds pleasant enough, but literally refers to dirt-eaters, which is actually a bit less pleasant.” Jim says.
82 min: The lively Murphy brushes the side netting with a hopeful effort. A few Cardiff fans thought it was in. Alas.
80 min: Paterson needs some treatment after a blow to the head.
79 min: Cardiff introduce Gary Madine in place of Joe Ralls.
76 min: Camarasa shoots over from 20 yards.
74 min: Bamba heads Lennon’s cross behind for a corner. Nothing comes from it.
73 min: “I always thought agricultural football referred to its characteristic prominence of the hoof,” says Pete Franklin.
71 min: Cardiff replace Kenneth Zohore with Danny Ward. Burnley respond by bringing on Chris Wood for Matej Vydra.
Burnley have been under the cosh but they have the lead again! Gudmundsson runs on to a long ball over the top and hooks a clever cross into the middle from the left. Vokes gets in front of Cunningham and steers a deft header low to Etheridge’s right to silence the Cardiff fans.
GOAL! Cardiff 1-2 Burnley (Vokes, 70 min)
Smash. Grab.
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69 min: Murphy, the bit between his teeth, leads a three-on-two break. But he’s slightly selfish here and sees his deflected shot easily saved by Hart.
67 min: Camarasa’s shot from 25 yards takes a deflection and loops over for a Cardiff corner. Burnley deal with it but Cardiff press again. The ball comes to Murphy on the left. He moves it on to his right foot and tries to guide a shot into the top-left corner from 20 yards. It looks destined to nestle in the back of the net until Hart tips it over. What a save.
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64 min: Hart races from his area to beat Zohore to a long ball over the top. Good goalkeeping.
62 min: Cardiff are bang up for this now! Burnley are rocking.
Cardiff break down the right, Camarasa feeding a pass through to the surging Manga. The right-back fizzes a low cutback into the middle and Josh Murphy arrives to clip a fantastic shot to Hart’s left with the inside of his right foot! How Cardiff needed that!
GOAL! Cardiff City 1-1 Burnley (J Murphy, 60 min)
This is a magnificent goal!
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57 min: Bamba slips and Burnley spy a chance to break. But Cardiff are relieved to see Vokes stray offside as he looks to run clear.
53 min: Cardiff look for an instant response and their eyes light up when Mee’s header drops to Camarasa, only for the Spaniard to belt one over from 15 yards.
Out of nothing, Burnley take the lead. Ashley Westwood moves down the left and lobs a high cross to the far post, where Gudmundsson leaps above Cunningham to squeeze a low header between Etheridge and the near post! Etheridge is annoyed with himself for letting that one squeeze in. On the touchline, Neil Warnock looks concerned.
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GOAL! Cardiff City 0-1 Burnley (Gudmundsson, 51 min)
A goal! An actual goal!
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50 min: “One of those interesting differences in language between here in ‘Murica and over there in England is your use of the word “agricultural” to describe something rudimentary, coarse, or possibly anachronistic, with it being implied that what is being described is unpleasant or unseemly,” JR in Illinois says. “An example of something y’all would describe as ‘agricultural’ would be this game. Here in the U.S. the word simply means ‘used for or relating to farming’. They way you use it as a sort of insult seems kinda prejudiced against farmers, don’t you think? By the way farmers have got elaborate GPS and computer systems and all sorts on their tractors these days. What do you think of that?”
49 min: Vokes, so quiet so far, turns charges past Morrison, who tugs the striker’s shirt as they enter the area. Vokes goes down in stages and Martin Atkinson ignores his penalty appeals. Was he too honest? Should he have gone down earlier?
48 min: “I think this was a cynical ploy by the TV people to make us all appreciate future Sundays (and indeed our lives) when these teams are not left on their own to provide the entertainment,” Ian Copestake says.
46 min: Cardiff get the second half underway.
“I find this from both teams very difficult to watch,” Craig Bellamy says with outstanding disdain on Sky Sports. He speaks for us all.
Half-time: Cardiff 0-0 Burnley
It has been a feast of football.
45 min+3: One last free-kick for Cardiff after a foul from Lowton. Burnley deal with Camarasa’s delivery.
45 min+2: Nothing comes from Camarasa’s free-kick.
45 min+1: Cardiff exert more aerial pressure from a corner and scream for a penalty when Paterson’s overhead kick hits Westwood’s hand. Nothing doing. Moments later, though, Westwood receives a booking for a foul on Arter on the right.
42 min: The corner from Ralls is lifted high to the far post from the right. Morrison rises highest and heads it into the middle. It flicks off Vokes’s head and flies over Hart, who’s stranded as the ball loops to Paterson. The forward heads it goalwards but his effort’s headed off the line by Vydra!
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41 min: Long deflects Zohore’s shot over.
39 min: Hart punches Morrison’s long throw away. This is an awful game.
35 min: Camarasa on to a flick from Paterson and turns a pass inside to Zohore, who sees his low flick turned past the post by Hart. The ball ends up in the back of the net from the resulting corner but the goal’s ruled out for a blatant foul from Morrison.
31 min: This is bad.
29 min: “Under the trade descriptions act, this game should not be anywhere near the title of ‘Super Sunday’,” Benjamin Oates says. “In fact, it probably should be played behind closed doors on a Tuesday afternoon, 2pm kick-off. Probably a bit harsh, but it’s certainly not making my working afternoon go any quicker!”
27 min: Kevin Long replaces the injured James Tarkowski.
24 min: A free-kick to Burnley on the right. Gudmundsson swings it in and while Tarkowksi and Morrison wrestle for a bit, the ball drifts out.
20 min: Emails please!
17 min: Jacob Murphy plays a one-two with Cunningham and wriggles into the area from the left. The angle’s tight but he almost catches out Joe Hart with a sharp, early shot that rattles the outside of the near post. The ball bounces back to Cunningham, who slashes a shot miles wide.
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16 min: Lowton winces after a heavy challenge from Paterson, who is a large man. This is almost as good as Chelsea v Liverpool yesterday.
14 min: Paterson picks up possession between the lines, ignores Zohore to his right and shoots mile wide from 25 yards.
12 min: Urged on by Sean Dyche’s bellowing, Burnley piece together their first proper passing sequence and Cork wins a corner on the right. Etheridge claims Gudmundsson’s delivery.
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10 min: Tarkowski’s back on his feet. But now Vydra’s down after being caught by Arter. Stop-start.
8 min: Tarkowski is down receiving treatment to his right shoulder. Burnley won’t want to lose him.
7 min: It is physical.
4 min: Paterson bustles into space down the right and rumbles into the area with Burnley exposed after strong play from Zohore. However his cross is behind Murphy.
3 min: Cardiff look to make an aggressive start and Murphy swings a cross into the middle from the left. Mee heads behind for a corner. Ralls take sit short and Camarasa’s cross is headed away.
Peep! Burnley, kicking from right to left in the first half, get us underway at a sunny Cardiff City Stadium.
Here come the teams. Cardiff in blue, Burnley in white.
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Sean Dyche speaks! “We know you come to these places and you have to earn the right. We certainly have to fight, we certainly have to run. But also we have to play. We’re getting there. It’s been a big stretch to the squad and we’re getting more time on the grass. It’s one step at a time.”
Neil Warnock speaks about making four changes to take on Burnley. “They’re the best in the league at putting balls in the box so we need more power. Callum Paterson has done well in training. Same as Kenneth Zohoure. Training has been good all week. On Sunday there were a few heads down but since then it’s been great. Sean has a really well drilled side but I think we can compete. If we don’t they can steamroll us.”
Team news
Cardiff: Etheridge; Ecuele Manga, Morrison, Bamba, Cunningham; Camarasa, Ralls, Arter, J Murphy; Paterson; Zohore. Subs: B Murphy, Bennett, Richards, Ward, Decordova-Reid, Harris, Madine.
Burnley: Hart; Lowton, Tarkowski, Mee, Taylor; Lennon, Cork, Westwood, Gudmundsson; Vydra, Vokes. Subs: Heaton, Hendrick, Bardsley, Long, Defour, Wood, Barnes.
Referee: Martin Atkinson.
Preamble
Hello. If it is acceptable to write off home games against Arsenal and Manchester City as free hits, then this is the kind of fixture that Cardiff City have to circle in red ink in the calendar. Given the financial gulf between the sides, there really is no point dwelling on last week’s 5-0 defeat to City. Yet if Cardiff are going to stay in the Premier League, then they really need to take three points when teams like Burnley pay them a visit.
No offence to Burnley, who proved last season that they are not to be taken lightly. Yet survival tends to hinge on the strength of a side’s home form and Cardiff have already failed to beat Newcastle at the Cardiff City Stadium. After picking up two points from their first six games, scoring three goals in the process, Neil Warnock’s scrappers desperately need to pick up their first league win here.
If they can manage that, they’ll move out of the bottom three and drag Burnley, who appear to be over their Europa League funk, back into the mire. But Cardiff will to be on their game. Warnock reckons that Sean Dyche is the best English manager around at the moment and Burnley, who earned their first league win when they thumped Bournemouth last week, are no pushovers. This battle between two sides on limited budgets is unlikely to be one for the faint-hearted.
Kick-off: 4pm BST.
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