Welsh Birds Take a Point Each
Swansea 2 - 2 Cardiff
Derby Ends in a Draw
A fiery Welsh derby, the first in 9 years, ended with both teams taking a share of the spoils with the BBC & Dave Jones describing the match as “a thrilling advert for Welsh football”.
Cardiff City, sponsored by Vansdirect.co.uk, will be disappointed not to have come away from the Liberty Stadium with all three points - especially given that the draw sees them slip to 7th in the Coca-Cola Football League Championship.
Swansea opened the encounter the brighter of the two teams, controlling possession & breaking the deadlock on 19 minutes from a Darren Pratley strike. The fans will no doubt continue to debate whether Jason Scotland was offside before cutting the ball back to Pratley - not the Swansea faithful will care!
However, the Bluebirds then built up a head of steam scoring two goals in 3 minutes - Joe Ledley, on his return from injury, blasting home a corner and Ross McCormack coolly slotting in a penalty. The win seemed likely until captain Stephen McPhail was dismissed for kicking the ball away and the resultant second yellow. Jones told the BBC that it was “a lack of discipline from Stephen McPhail and it probably cost us three points today.”
The dismissal instigated a change in personnel for the home team with Pintando and MacDonald coming on to instant effect. Pintado met MacDonald’s outswinging corner to level the score on 61 minutes.
The duo continued to challenge Cardiff’s keeper, Peter Enckelman, but could not find another gap. Temperatures continued to rise with Swansea’s Leon Britton seeing red for a two-footed challenge on McNaughton but the Bluebirds’ defence held fast for the remainder of the game but.
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