It looked on the cards that Cardiff City would be in line for a replay with minutes to go with the score at 2-2, but the game is not over until the final whistle.
The Bluebirds have fallen to a number of extra time goals this season but today that was on the other foot. Two late goals in injury time took the City into the draw for the fifth round. Up in the director’s box sitting alongside Chairman Peter Ridsdale was Ben Steele who is in talks with the club regarding a possible takeover.
It could be Joe Ledley swansong today, he is due in hospital next week after the Bristol City game Tuesday for two operation that will see him miss the rest of the season. Today could be the last ever game for the Bluebirds at home, if he does not sign a new contract. It would have been great if he could have signed off with a goal but he had a goal disallowed before Bothroyd scored the opening goal for the City from a Chopra cross.
From a strong start by the home team after the goal Leicester begun to up their game and put Cardiff on the back foot. It was not long before they squared the game up with a goal, when a free kick picked out a Leicester player in the box only for him to hit the back of the net with a neat right-footed finish. Five minutes later, they took the lead when a through ball found a Leicester strike that knocked the ball home at close-range.
Leicester when in at half time 2-1 up so it was down to Cardiff City manager Dave Jones to pull his troops together.
Cardiff were much livelier at the start of the second half but had to wait awhile before the game was levelled and it was Championship leading scored Peter Whittingham who got the goal. He swung in a free kick from the right evaded everybody including the goalkeeper and found the far corner of the net, a City player was on hand to head the ball in but the ball had already crossed the line.
That looked to be it the fourth official showed the board to the crowd, five minutes left and with our luck a chance for them to win the game. Not this time, it was Cardiff turn to do the damage, and up stepped Chris Burke who had came on in place of Paul Quinn in the 61minute with a right-footed shot into the net. There was still time for another Cardiff goal when Ross McCormack scored his first goal since April when just before the final whistle the City striker shot home from a ball that fire off the backside of fellow striker Jay Bothroyd.
Cardiff are in the drew tomorrow along with
Fulham, Aston Villa, Bolton, Derby, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Reading, Southampton, West Brom
Replay’s need - Wigan v Notts County, Leeds United v Tottenham, Crystal Palace v Wolves
Playing Sunday
Stoke v Arsenal, 1:30pm
Scunthorpe v Man City, R4, 4pm
The biggest disappointment of the day was the size of the crowd just 10,000 and counting Tuesday replay with Bristol City only around 18,000 watch both games.
The Bluebirds have fallen to a number of extra time goals this season but today that was on the other foot. Two late goals in injury time took the City into the draw for the fifth round. Up in the director’s box sitting alongside Chairman Peter Ridsdale was Ben Steele who is in talks with the club regarding a possible takeover.
It could be Joe Ledley swansong today, he is due in hospital next week after the Bristol City game Tuesday for two operation that will see him miss the rest of the season. Today could be the last ever game for the Bluebirds at home, if he does not sign a new contract. It would have been great if he could have signed off with a goal but he had a goal disallowed before Bothroyd scored the opening goal for the City from a Chopra cross.
From a strong start by the home team after the goal Leicester begun to up their game and put Cardiff on the back foot. It was not long before they squared the game up with a goal, when a free kick picked out a Leicester player in the box only for him to hit the back of the net with a neat right-footed finish. Five minutes later, they took the lead when a through ball found a Leicester strike that knocked the ball home at close-range.
Leicester when in at half time 2-1 up so it was down to Cardiff City manager Dave Jones to pull his troops together.
Cardiff were much livelier at the start of the second half but had to wait awhile before the game was levelled and it was Championship leading scored Peter Whittingham who got the goal. He swung in a free kick from the right evaded everybody including the goalkeeper and found the far corner of the net, a City player was on hand to head the ball in but the ball had already crossed the line.
That looked to be it the fourth official showed the board to the crowd, five minutes left and with our luck a chance for them to win the game. Not this time, it was Cardiff turn to do the damage, and up stepped Chris Burke who had came on in place of Paul Quinn in the 61minute with a right-footed shot into the net. There was still time for another Cardiff goal when Ross McCormack scored his first goal since April when just before the final whistle the City striker shot home from a ball that fire off the backside of fellow striker Jay Bothroyd.
Cardiff are in the drew tomorrow along with
Fulham, Aston Villa, Bolton, Derby, Birmingham, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Reading, Southampton, West Brom
Replay’s need - Wigan v Notts County, Leeds United v Tottenham, Crystal Palace v Wolves
Playing Sunday
Stoke v Arsenal, 1:30pm
Scunthorpe v Man City, R4, 4pm
The biggest disappointment of the day was the size of the crowd just 10,000 and counting Tuesday replay with Bristol City only around 18,000 watch both games.
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