TEN MAN CITY HOLD ON FOR POINT
- ccfcinsider
- Feb 22
- 2 min read
Cardiff City have drawn 1-1 with Plymouth Argyle this afternoon.
Cardiff took an early lead through Yousef Salech. Rubin Colwill charged down the Plymouth man, with the ball ricocheting into the path of Will Alves who rolled the ball into the path of Salech who tapped home.
City almost had a second before half-time as Mannsverk fired the ball into the box and Colwill couldn't guide his effort on target from close range.
The Bluebirds were down to ten men not long after the restart. Bali Mumba was knocked down by Dimitrios Goutas outside the box, as the Greek was given his marching orders. Mumba struck the bar with a header soon after.
The hosts would soon get an equalise. A long ball was met by Mustapha Bundu who rolled into the path of Muhamed Tijani who fired home his first Plymouth goal to level things up.
The two sides shared the points after a scrappy encounter.
Player Ratings:
Jak Alnwick (6.5) - Didn't have a great deal to do, and not sure he can do much for the goal. Distribution was decent.
Perry Ng (8) MOTM - Ng performing at his best is difficult to beat, and that's what he was today. Just seemed to always be in the right place at the right time and was excellent defensively.
Dimitrios Goutas (5) - Started off incredibly well. Read the game well and made a few key defensive actions. Clumsiness cost the Greek.
Joel Bagan (7) - Just continued where he left off against Bristol City. Stuck to his task and was solid.
Andy Rinomhota (7.5) - Usual energetic self down the right. Did well at winning free-kicks and relieving pressure. Got forward well.
Sivert Mannsverk (7) - Similar to Bagan, really. Stuck to his task and did it well.
Aaron Ramsey (6.5) - Controlled things early on and was decent out of possession. Was quiet for periods in the game.
Callum O'Dowda (7) - Typical O'Dowda performance. Up and down and limited the opposition down his side.
Will Alves (8) - Ran Plymouth ragged in the first half, topped off with a great assist. Looking sharper each week and a real good player.
Rubin Colwill (7) - Plays a key role in the goal. For every nice thing Colwill did he'd do something not so good, but he is improving.
Yousef Salech (7.5) - The main man. One chance, one goal. A couple of nice pieces outside of that, but proving to be a real key player.
Subs:
Will Fish (6) - Caught the wrong side for the goal. Improved after that.
Yakou Meite (6.5) - Typical energetic Meite cameo. Not much more than a half chance to shout about.
Cian Ashford (6.5) - Did his job well.
Isaak Davies (N/A) - Great to finally see Davies back, looked sharp too.
Summary:
A difficult one to analyse. Cardiff should've put Plymouth to the sword in the first half, and payed the price in the second half for not doing so, but given the fact Cardiff played the majority of the second half with ten men, a point is satisfactory.
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