Defeat at Leicester

Cardiff lose their unbeaten start to the season at lowly Leicester City tonight, but remain second now three points behind top of the table QPR.

Cardiff your missing a number of key players with fans resigned to losing striker Jay Bothroyd and midfielder Danny Drinkwater but they were joined by Craig Bellamy and Seyi Olofinjana.

Cardiff was second best in the game and opening to scoring against the run of play. Was it a cross or an honest to god attempt at a shot in goal only scorer Lee Naylor can say, but it gave the Bluebirds the lead? Cardiff was lucky to go in with a one goal lead. Leicester came out fighting in the second half and it was not long before they levelled the score and when Andy King’s scored his season the game looked lost and they were set on the run to their first win of the season.

Cardiff boss Dave Jones said:

"We got ourselves into a winning position and the frustrating thing is we had spoken about the boy King breaking into the box.

"Maybe it was a bit of fatigue but we got caught out. They were the better team in the second half so I can't complain.

"We passed it well in the first half but we stopped doing that and maybe you can put that down to fitness from players who haven't had a pre-season.

"We were always worried about our fitness tonight and two games in three days was a step too far at the moment.

"We don't know if they will be fit for Ipswich yet. We had five big players out and we were stretched. It's unusual but hopefully we can get one or two back and go again.

"If I had those three available it makes a big difference and we couldn't change the game when we went behind."

Jones was also quick to dismiss any claims Naylor may have had for intending his long-rang strike.

"He's crossed it.

"He knows he's crossed it and it's a lucky goal but we had a few chances in the first half."