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Cardiff City 3 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:48 pm

The Sky Blues were well beaten at the Cardiff City Stadium

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Coventry City suffered their 12th Championship defeat of the season at the hands of a resurgent Cardiff City.

Poor defending allowed the Bluebirds to take a two goal lead into the break with Kieffer Moore scoring twice in the space of seven minutes at the Cardiff City Stadium – his first a well-worked move and his second a gift from a long throw into the box which City twice failed to clear.

And it was game over barely a minute into the second half when Josh Murphy, architect of his side’s opener, fired across the keeper to make it 3-0 before Dom Hyam scored a late consolation goal.

It was a far cry from the start of the game when City knocked the ball about well from the back and controlled all the early possession against the home side who seemed content to soak up the pressure and play on the counter attack.

And it took a foul by Leo Ostigard to gift Cardiff their first chance of the game from a free-kick, which resulted in a flicked on free kick falling to centre-half Aden Flint at the back post where he slotted home from an off-side position, with the linesman ruling out the goal with his flag.

For all Coventry’s build-up play, chances were few and far between in a pretty tight first 30 minutes when a well organised Cardiff were difficult to break down.

But the Bluebirds broke the deadlock on the half hour mark when Josh Murphy won the deep in his own half and played Kieffer Moore in behind down the left. And as Leo Ostigard slid in to commit himself, the in-form striker cut inside onto his right foot and beat Marko Marosi with a well placed shot at the near post to give Cardiff the lead.

Mick McCarthy’s men then doubled their lead before the break, this time from a long throw into the box which Marosi attempted to punch clear, claiming he’d been fouled in the process, sending the ball spinning into the six yard box where Michael Rose couldn’t clear before Moore side footed home with gift of a finish.

It really was shocking defending from the Sky Blues who continued to look vulnerable from set-pieces.

Callum O’Hare and Gus Hamer fired wide of the target as City attempted to reduce the deficit before half-time.

But Cardiff pretty much secured the full three points in the first minute of the second period when Murphy raced onto a quickly taken free kick just outside the box and placed his shot across Marosi and inside the far post.

City sparked into life with Ostigard heading onto the post from a McCallum free-kick and Max Biamou firing wide from a drilled in ball from O’Hare but the home side held firm.

Tyler Walker was thrown on for Hamer and Kyle McFadzean replaced Ostigard on the hour as City continued to push for a goal, Julien Dacosta being denied by the foot of the keeper.

And it finally came nine minutes from time from Dom Hyam after McFadzean had knocked down a Matty James’ free-kick and the defender lifted the ball into the roof of the net.

But for all City's second half endeavour, they were well beaten on the day.

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Re: Cardiff City 3 - 1 Coventry City

Postby dutchman » Sat Feb 13, 2021 6:57 pm

Moore inspires Cardiff to win over Coventry

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Cardiff continued their recent revival under new boss Mick McCarthy as Wales striker Kieffer Moore inspired his side to a 3-1 win over Coventry.

Moore finished superbly to give Cardiff the lead before tapping home a second after a huge defensive mix-up to put Cardiff 2-0 up at the interval.

Josh Murphy added a third moments into the second half as the Sky Blues were caught by a quick freekick routine.

Dominic Hyam scored a consolation goal for the visitors on 78 minutes.

The win sees Cardiff rise to seventh in the Championship, while Coventry slip to 20th.

Cardiff were 15th when McCarthy took charge on 22 January, 13-points adrift of the play-off berths and looking with concern over their shoulder, but can now look forward to an unlikely bid to extend their season, having moved within six points of managerless Bournemouth.

The Bluebirds made two changes for their first match against Coventry in almost nine years, both enforced, after they suffered a pair of injuries in their midweek win at Rotherham.

Midfielder Joe Ralls and forward Sheyi Ojo were both absent, with Marlon Pack and Murphy replacing them.

The visitors named an unchanged side from their draw with Watford last time out, with Mark Robins hoping to combat a Cardiff side in their best form of the season.

Manager McCarthy has never enjoyed a better start as a manager with the Bluebirds entering this one unbeaten in four since he succeeded Neil Harris, collecting eight points from a possible 12.

This was the first meeting between the sides in nine years, with Oliver Norwood earning the Sky Blues a point that day with an equaliser five minutes into stoppage time in a 2-2 draw.

Cardiff enjoyed the brighter start on a freezing day in the Welsh capital and thought they had taken the lead on 12 minutes when Aden Flint tucked the ball home from Moore's header, but the goal was rightly ruled out for offside.

However, there was no stopping the Bluebirds just past the half hour mark when their forwards combined brilliantly to cut Coventry's defence to shreds as Murphy's controlled pass found Moore who confidently cut inside and beat his marker before smashing the ball past goalkeeper Marko Marosi.

Marosi could do nothing about the first goal but was culpable for Cardiff's second on 39 minutes when he made a complete mess of trying to punch clear a Will Vaulks throw, allowing Moore a simple tap-in from close range.

The visitors did not threaten the Cardiff goal until the stroke of half-time and when they did, in-form midfielder Callum O'Hare fired just wide.

However, hopes of a comeback were extinguished when Perry Ng's quick freekick caught Coventry cold after the break and Murphy raced clear to fire home.

The visitors thought they had a goal back from a well taken freekick, but Leo Skiri Ostigard struck the underside of the crossbar with a firm header that bounced back out.

Coventry responded well to going three behind and might have scored on 64 minutes, but Maxime Biamou fired just wide before Michael Rose' header was easily held by Dillon Phillips.

Phillips also did well to deny sub Tyler Walker with his legs on 76 minutes as Coventry at least showed good spirit in a contest where they dominated possession.

Dominic Hyam then fired home as Cardiff failed to defend a set-piece with the goal the least the visitors deserved for a battling second half display.

Coventry manager Mark Robins said:

"I thought it was the poorest performance of the season. We didn't show our ability to fight against a team that fights.

"We've allowed them and the referee's allowed them to kick Callum O'Hare off the pitch, and we only reacted with 15 minutes to go and that's not good enough.

"The chances they had and the goals they scored were given to them by us and you can't do that and expect to win games or even draw them.

"It wasn't good enough today, I'll stick up for everybody but there needs to be more scrapping from minute one to earn the right to play… it was just too easy for them today and that's something I'm absolutely angry about."

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