Bristol City today proved Neil Warnock wrong once again, by allowing Cardiff City to beat them at the Cardiff City Stadium in front of Sky's cameras, finally putting their 'cheats' tag to bed in front of a worldwide audience.
Cardiff City dominated proceedings from early on, squandering numerous gilt-edged chances. But with 36 minutes on the clock, and still without the goal their play deserved, Bristol City manager, Gary Johnson, instructed Jamie McCombe to do the honourable thing and open the scoring for the misfiring Welsh club.
Speaking after the game, McCombe said, "I was captain for the day for some reason, so when Cardiff didn't get the goal their dominance deserved, the gaffer instructed me to score for them. Obviously, I was only too delighted to apply the necessary finish to a good ball in by Matthews and give them the lead they should have had by then anyway."
City's generosity continued as the half wore on, with City players standing around having a chat and watching as Cardiff cut through to allow Chopra to score a second goal without so much as a challenge going in.
However, when asked later if that was also just sporting play on City's behalf, Gary Johnson remarked, "No, we were just shit there."
Sadly, on a sour note, there was to be no such sportsmanlike conduct from the hosts, as Marvin Elliott crashed the ball against a post when it was easier to score, yet Cardiff refused to allow City another chance to right that particular wrong. And, to rub salt into that particular wound, Cardiff then had the audacity to score a third goal in the second half, giving the scoreline a completely distorted appearance.
In addition (and it saddens me to say it), there were a fair few Cardiff fans singing some less than complimentary songs about the Bristol City team, as well as a couple of anti-English ones, which clearly put our lads off.
So, while Cardiff may have taken the three points on the day, it was very much a case of Sportsmen 1 v Cardiff City 0.
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