What Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy made of draw with Sheffield United
Sheffield United registered their third draw in a row after scraping a point at Cardiff City
Cardiff City boss Brian Barry-Murphy admitted to being disappointed not to have seen his side pick up three points against Sheffield United in a match they dominated for very large parts.
The Bluebirds went in front in the second minute through Jack Moylan but a Tom Cannon penalty just two minutes later restored parity before Callum O’Hare struck to put United in front, all before the clock had hit 10 minutes.
But the Blades never seemed to really be in control of the game and Cian Ashford levelled for the home side who then looked most likely to score again and grab the win.
Somehow, despite the Cardiff dominance, helped in no small part to United turning over the ball on so many occasions, Chris Wilder’s side managed to hold on for a point, their third draw in a row in the Championship.
“Yeah, disappointed not to win, obviously,” said Barry-Murphy afterwards. “We felt as if we could have and maybe should have, but we understand Sheffield United are a very strong team in this division, so today we had to accept the draw.”
He added on the frenetic start to the fixture: “The first two minutes were fine, we enjoyed the beginning. We knew how dangerous a team they are, with strikers like Bamford and Cannon who can score in a flash, and they did
“They weren't close to our goal on many occasions, but you always knew that, even throughout the course of the game, despite how dominant we were, if they weren't to get a chance later on, they could hit you with the centre-forwards. So we always had an awareness of that.”
Barry-Murphy went on to praise his team for how they stuck to their plan, despite having a lead overturned so early in the match.
“When you lose two quick goals, it's easy to go away from that game plan, but the players showed a lot of courage and a really strong mentality to still play really brave football, really committed football, and create good chances,” he added.
“Which ultimately gave us a second goal and created a chance in the second half to win the game, but we just didn't take them.”