Three points Cardiff bound

Ten men Cardiff City held on to there win at Barnsley and secured the three points to bring the back to South Wales. Cardiff were down to ten men for the last ten minutes or so after midfielder Darcy Blake was sent-off after receiving is second yellow card of the game.

It was Cardiff who opening the scoring with a well taken goal just before half-time and it had to be Craig Bellamy with the goal. Cardiff fans world wide were happy to see Bellamy back and to start the game was a bonus. It will not go down well with fans of the Welsh national team with two important games coming up. A goal and a full 90 minutes they will be wonder why there captain is sitting out the games.

The lead lasted until the 63 minute when the game was levelled when a weak clearance was jump on Jason Shackell who found the net to square the game up.

It was not long before Cardiff had a chance to take the lead again when from a Peter Whittingham corner the referee pointed to the penalty spot. Whittingham lined up the pen only for the Barnsley goalkeeper to pull off a find save with the ball going out for a corner. The lucky touch from last season seems to have deserted the City midfielder when penalties were going in left, right and centre, as now missed two in a week.

From the corner the ball went out again for another, this time much to the relief of boss Dave Jones he watched has Seyi Olofinjana slotted the ball home to restore the Bluebirds lead in the 67 minute.

Then in a moment of madness Darcy Blake was sent off for a second yellow card in the 81 minute. He had only been booked some 6 minutes earlier for unsporting behaviour. The sending off gave the home team a second wind as there piled on the pressure for an equalizer. Cardiff held out and stay second in the league.