SABRI LAMOUCHI:
"I'm very disappointed, because after the first half we were in the game, we created chances," the manager said post-match. "It's not easy to play here, we know that, but we started well. The second half, even after a few good minutes and [Sory] Kaba's chance, we lost our mind and made stupid mistakes.”
"Unfortunately, if you don't absolutely concentrate until the end, it's the Championship. After an hour, we could say a point is fair for both teams - but the game is 90 minutes.”
"I was disappointed [about the first goal], just 30 seconds before, [Kipre] was in attack. He wanted to make the difference, to score, but in our situation, we have to stay in our position and not give anything to anyone until the end. We make a few mistakes in the second half and didn't make these mistakes in the first half."
Alnwick's red now means the Bluebirds have, incredibly, had two goalkeepers sent off in their last two matches, with Ryan Allsop having been given his marching orders in the Severnside derby win over Bristol City last week. Fortunately for Cardiff, Allsop is back for the midweek clash with West Brom, but Alnwick failed to really take the chance which had been afforded to him.
"It's unbelievable, two games in a row, two red cards for the goalkeeper," Lamouchi added. "Even that, we can avoid. Put the ball out of play. It was our mistake.
"We need to move on and we have a game in three days at home again. So, we need to think about our mistake and focus on the next one.
"He is very disappointed. But it's not Jak's fault. We gave them the ball from a throw-in, how can we play this ball? How? It's very simple. Put the ball up [the pitch] and out."
“Connor Wickham and Joe Ralls were injured so they never played.”
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