- English Npower Championship
- 18 September 2012, 7:45pm
- The New Den
- Attendance: 9,295
Millwall | v | Cardiff |
| 0 | 2
|
live commentary
Match ends, Millwall 0, Cardiff City 2.
90+4 mins:Second Half ends, Millwall 0, Cardiff City 2.
90 mins:Foul by Chris Taylor (Millwall).
90 mins:Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
89 mins:Foul by Shane Lowry (Millwall).
89 mins:Heidar Helguson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
88 mins:Hand ball by Kim Bo-Kyung (Cardiff City).
88 mins:Attempt blocked. Chris Taylor (Millwall) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Scott Malone.
88 mins:Corner, Millwall.
86 mins:Foul by Andrew Keogh (Millwall).
86 mins:Mark Hudson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
86 mins:Corner, Millwall.
84 mins:Foul by Mark Hudson (Cardiff City).
84 mins:Andrew Keogh (Millwall) wins a free kick.
81 mins:Foul by Chris Taylor (Millwall).
81 mins:Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
80 mins:Substitution, Cardiff City. Kim Bo-Kyung replaces Craig Noone.
79 mins:Substitution, Millwall. Shaun Batt replaces James Henry.
77 mins:Corner, Millwall.
77 mins:Corner, Millwall.
76 mins:Attempt blocked. Chris Taylor (Millwall) right footed shot is blocked.
74 mins:Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
73 mins:Foul by Kevin McNaughton (Cardiff City).
73 mins:Chris Taylor (Millwall) wins a free kick.
72 mins:Offside, Millwall. Andrew Keogh tries a through ball, but Andrew Keogh is caught offside.
70 mins:Attempt saved. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box is saved.
70 mins:Attempt blocked. Tommy Smith (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Peter Whittingham.
69 mins:Corner, Cardiff City.
69 mins:Attempt blocked. Tommy Smith (Cardiff City) right footed shot is blocked.
67 mins:Substitution, Cardiff City. Heidar Helguson replaces Nicky Maynard.
67 mins:Tommy Smith (Cardiff City) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66 mins:Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
66 mins:Chris Taylor (Millwall) wins a free kick.
64 mins:Attempt blocked. Nadjim Abdou (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
63 mins:Foul by Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City).
63 mins:Chris Taylor (Millwall) wins a free kick.
62 mins:Foul by Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City).
62 mins:Andrew Keogh (Millwall) wins a free kick.
61 mins:Attempt missed. Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
61 mins:Foul by Karleigh Osborne (Millwall).
61 mins:Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
60 mins:Foul by Tommy Smith (Cardiff City).
60 mins:Chris Taylor (Millwall) wins a free kick.
57 mins:Substitution, Millwall. Chris Wood replaces Darius Henderson.
57 mins:Substitution, Millwall. Chris Taylor replaces Josh Wright.
55 mins:Goal! Millwall 0, Cardiff City 2. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tommy Smith.
54 mins:Attempt blocked. Darius Henderson (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
53 mins:Goal! Millwall 0, Cardiff City 1. Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Craig Noone.
50 mins:Attempt missed. Craig Noone (Cardiff City) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right.
49 mins:Shane Lowry (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
49 mins:Foul by Shane Lowry (Millwall).
49 mins:Nicky Maynard (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
48 mins:Alan Dunne (Millwall) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
47 mins:Foul by Alan Dunne (Millwall).
47 mins:Craig Noone (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
Second Half begins Millwall 0, Cardiff City 0.
45+3 mins:First Half ends, Millwall 0, Cardiff City 0.
45+1 mins:Foul by Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City).
45+1 mins:Shane Lowry (Millwall) wins a free kick.
45+1 mins:Attempt blocked. Andrew Keogh (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
42 mins:Offside, Cardiff City. Craig Noone tries a through ball, but Craig Noone is caught offside.
41 mins:Foul by Nadjim Abdou (Millwall).
41 mins:Peter Whittingham (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
40 mins:Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
40 mins:Liam Trotter (Millwall) wins a free kick.
39 mins:Foul by Darius Henderson (Millwall).
39 mins:David Marshall (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
39 mins:Foul by Craig Noone (Cardiff City).
39 mins:Darius Henderson (Millwall) wins a free kick.
38 mins:Foul by Matthew Connolly (Cardiff City).
38 mins:Andrew Keogh (Millwall) wins a free kick.
37 mins:Attempt missed. Karleigh Osborne (Millwall) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right.
36 mins:Corner, Millwall.
33 mins:Attempt missed. Scott Malone (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
30 mins:Offside, Millwall. Andrew Keogh tries a through ball, but Andrew Keogh is caught offside.
28 mins:Attempt missed. Nicky Maynard (Cardiff City) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
27 mins:Attempt missed. Jordon Mutch (Cardiff City) header from the centre of the box misses to the left.
25 mins:Foul by Karleigh Osborne (Millwall).
25 mins:Nicky Maynard (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
23 mins:Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
23 mins:Nadjim Abdou (Millwall) wins a free kick.
21 mins:Foul by Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City).
21 mins:Shane Lowry (Millwall) wins a free kick.
20 mins:Foul by Liam Trotter (Millwall).
20 mins:Tommy Smith (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
19 mins:Attempt missed. Liam Trotter (Millwall) left footed shot from the left side of the box is too high.
17 mins:Corner, Cardiff City.
14 mins:Corner, Cardiff City.
13 mins:Attempt saved. Nadjim Abdou (Millwall) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved.
12 mins:Attempt blocked. James Henry (Millwall) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
10 mins:Corner, Cardiff City.
8 mins:Foul by Liam Trotter (Millwall).
8 mins:Andrew Taylor (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
8 mins:Attempt blocked. Andrew Keogh (Millwall) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
4 mins:Corner, Millwall.
3 mins:Foul by Darius Henderson (Millwall).
3 mins:Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City) wins a free kick.
First Half begins.
Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- English Npower Championship
- 18 September 2012, 7:45pm
- The New Den
- Attendance: 9,295
| Millwall | v | Cardiff |
| 0 | 2
|
match report
Two goals inside three minutes early in the second half gave Cardiff a 2-0 victory at Millwall in the Championship on Tuesday night.
The Bluebirds' first away success of the season and their first victory at Millwall in 30 years maintained their place in the top six, just a point behind early-season leaders Blackburn.
Star midfielder Peter Whittingham, having seen a brilliant first-half free-kick controversially disallowed, opened the scoring at The Den after 53 minutes with a rasping 20-yard left-footed shot.
And barely two minutes later the Bluebirds cut the Millwall defence apart with a slick move which was clinically finished off right-footed by Craig Noone from six yards.
The Welshmen have proved dominant on home soil so far this term, boasting a 100 per cent record, but they pitched up in the capital with only one point to show for their efforts on the road.
However, they doused the Lions' early fire and gradually took control, with Whittingham once again pulling the strings from midfield as Mackay's side stretched their impressive run to just one defeat in their last 16 league outings.
Tommy Smith twice went close to adding to Cardiff's tally just after the hour mark, while Noone had a shot from the edge of the penalty area well saved by Maik Taylor.
Millwall threw on Chris Wood, their new loan signing from West Brom, but they had been left flat and downhearted by Cardiff's quick one-two goal blast and have yet to keep a clean sheet in seven league and cup outings.
Both sides had made a bright start to the first half, with Millwall's Andy Keogh seeing a 12-yard right-footed shot blocked by Matthew Connolly, before Alan Dunne fired just wide from 15 yards.
At the other end Taylor pulled off a brilliant reflex save to keep out Whittingham's inswinging 10th-minute corner that looked set to creep into the net.
Two minutes later a well-struck shot by Nadjim Abdou from inside the box was superbly saved by Cardiff's David Marshall. Liam Trotter's 12-yard drive then flashed over the crossbar.
But Cardiff gradually began to get their passing game going and Whittingham had the ball in the Millwall net after 20 minutes, only to see his free-kick disallowed by referee Simon Hooper who had spotted an infringement at the front post, while both Jordon Mutch and striker Nicky Maynard drilled efforts wide of goal when well placed.
The Bluebirds took the contest by the scruff of the neck early in the second period, grabbed their goals, and then comfortably saw out the game to stay among the leading pack in the Championship.
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