Cardiff fightback to earn draw

CARDIFF CITY fought back from 3-0 down and equalised when down to 10 men to prevent Leeds United from returning to the top of the Championship.

West Bromwich Albion had gone top by beating Birmingham in the early kickoff but Marcelo Bielsa’s men responded with three goals, the first from Helder Costa and two by Patrick Bamford, including a penalty.

Lee Tomlin gave Cardiff hope of a late revival on the hour and Sean Morrison added their second, only to then be sent off for a late tackle.

Despite their man disadvantage, Cardiff staged a grandstand finish as Robert Glatzel headed in Tomlin’s cross to level.

Neil Harris’ side drop three places to 12th, with Leeds finishing the day second behind West Brom.

“It’s a hard one because Leeds were obviously better than us and as bad as we were at times defensively to give away really poor goals, I can’t do anything but praise my players,” Cardiff City manager Neil Harris told the

“The character in the group, the desire in the group, the ability in the group to come back and score goals is first class.

“So I’m a very happy manager with a point and I’m very pleased with the thought process of the team to come from behind. However, for us to move forward we’ve got to be better than we are at the moment. We’re conceding cheap goals.”

The draw ended Leeds’ seven-match winning run Leeds boss Marcelo Bielsa said: “I did not get the preparation right because I knew about Cardiff City’s strengths and we didn’t

resolve it.