In a closely fought battle at their Beckenham Training Ground, Crystal Palace missed out on claiming any points this morning as a visiting Cardiff City swooped to victory with three second-half goals to run-out 3-2 winners.
The early exchanges saw neither side threaten the respective ‘keepers, but it was Paddy McCarthy’s charges who had the first sight of goal.
A well-worked move down the right-wing in the eighth minute saw Aiden Steele play through Joshua Ajayi, who snatched at his shot from the right of the box and saw it sail over. Only a few minutes later, Cardiff’s Siyabonga Ligendza went on a powerful run down the right side and fired a ball low and hard across the Palace box, but Jashaun Chamberlin-Gayle in the Palace backline cleared easily.