Third Round: Cardiff City v Fulham

:00:11. > :00:15.The FA Cup third round, one of the most exciting times of the year for

:00:16. > :00:20.football fans, and a competition that holds some anyone's full

:00:21. > :00:27.memories for the Bluebirds. Can they make 2017 a year to remember as they

:00:28. > :01:10.face Fulham? -- so many wonderful memories.

:01:11. > :01:17.1927 - the fairy tale year for Cardiff City, the year they brought

:01:18. > :01:21.the FA Cup home to Wales, an amazing Wembley win over Arsenal. Fulham and

:01:22. > :01:28.the great Bobby Moore nearly got their hands on the trophy in 1975.

:01:29. > :01:34.Alan Taylor! Runners-up to West Ham when Fulham were in Division Two.

:01:35. > :01:43.And 2008, Cardiff incredibly booked their place at another Wembley

:01:44. > :01:48.final. Joe Ledley! 35,000 Cardiff fans are delirious with joy! But

:01:49. > :01:51.they couldn't quite go all the way, defeat to Premier League Portsmouth

:01:52. > :01:57.ending an unforgettable FA Cup adventure.

:01:58. > :02:03.Yes, lots of happy memories, lots of ups and downs as well for both teams

:02:04. > :02:11.in recent years, Cardiff in a relegation battle, 19th in the

:02:12. > :02:14.Championship, Fulham six points off the top intent. Today it is all

:02:15. > :02:21.about creating a bit of magic in the FA Cup. Yes, a warm welcome to

:02:22. > :02:25.Cardiff City Stadium, an early start in the FA Cup, I hope you have got

:02:26. > :02:32.the bacon sandwiches ready. Two format Wales internationals are with

:02:33. > :02:35.us, a warm welcome to you, first of all, a tough season for the

:02:36. > :02:40.Bluebirds, they could do with a bit of excitement in this competition,

:02:41. > :02:44.couldn't they? Yeah, they certainly could, and we are talking about the

:02:45. > :02:48.biggest club competition in the world, no other domestic cup

:02:49. > :02:52.generates the popularity, the excitement that the FA Cup does.

:02:53. > :02:55.Let's not forget that Cardiff City have a lot of history in this

:02:56. > :03:00.competition, it would be great to see them go on a good cup run, bring

:03:01. > :03:06.a lot of excitement back, good for the players as well, help to instil

:03:07. > :03:11.confidence. You are practically Mr Fulham, how good are they at the

:03:12. > :03:14.moment? They have got a good balance, great pace, which is

:03:15. > :03:20.essential at this level, a good-looking side. I want to take

:03:21. > :03:24.you back 15 years, Danny, to that very special moment, part of the

:03:25. > :03:31.Cardiff side that beat Leeds. This was a fantastic night, an amazing

:03:32. > :03:36.atmosphere, really hostile, and let's not forget this was a

:03:37. > :03:42.star-studded Leeds team, but we fancied it, we were up for it,

:03:43. > :03:49.amazing to get the victory. Chasing Neil Warnock on the touchline! Life

:03:50. > :03:53.is never dull with Neil Warnock around, Iwan Roberts is part of our

:03:54. > :03:59.commentary team, and he caught up with the Cardiff City boss. There to

:04:00. > :04:03.say you come into this game with the best result since you have been at

:04:04. > :04:11.the club? By a mile, I thought the Villa result was very good, we had

:04:12. > :04:19.to defend for our lives to keep the 1-0 win, delighted with everyone

:04:20. > :04:28.that day. Two huge games in the league coming up, will your team

:04:29. > :04:35.selection reflects how important they are? We have got a couple of

:04:36. > :04:40.enforced changes, one injury, and one African nations with Bruno, so

:04:41. > :04:45.we are only making three proper changes, five altogether with those

:04:46. > :04:49.two. Only Newcastle have scored more goals than Fulham this season, you

:04:50. > :04:53.will have to be at your best defensively. It will be a good test

:04:54. > :04:58.for the lads coming in, they are so quick upstairs in Fulham, play and

:04:59. > :05:01.go, and a number of people have said they are the best team they have

:05:02. > :05:07.seen this year. It will be a good test to see we can compete with

:05:08. > :05:12.that, with a few lads out. A bit of a brief Welsh lesson at the

:05:13. > :05:15.end for Neil Warnock! He has made a few changes, but still a very strong

:05:16. > :05:21.Cardiff side, and you think one man could have a big say in this game,

:05:22. > :05:27.Sol Bamba. Being a fellow centre half, I had to pick him out, he has

:05:28. > :05:33.been immense, a fantastic signing, instant hit with the fans, making

:05:34. > :05:37.his debut against Bristol City, big, imposing centre back. He leads with

:05:38. > :05:40.his performances, and the rest of the team rub off that, and he is

:05:41. > :05:44.going to need another big performance today, covering up

:05:45. > :05:49.against a really good Fulham side. Other players in the side, Rickie

:05:50. > :05:56.Lambert upfront important, and a redstart for Emyr Huws. Yes, Ricky

:05:57. > :06:01.Lambert will bring physicality to the front line, and I am delighted

:06:02. > :06:04.that Emyr is making a start, he is not getting many runouts, it will be

:06:05. > :06:09.a good game for him today. An opportunity for him this avenue.

:06:10. > :06:16.What about the Fulham manager? He has been speaking to our reporter.

:06:17. > :06:21.You have suggested that you are going to field a strong team today,

:06:22. > :06:27.talk us through selection. Yeah, it is my strongest team right now, we

:06:28. > :06:34.have some extra problems, some injured players, and this is my

:06:35. > :06:39.strongest team for today. And despite the loss at the start of the

:06:40. > :06:44.week, you come to this match on the back of some very good form? Yeah,

:06:45. > :06:52.it is true, last week we had some distractions, but generally we have

:06:53. > :06:57.played very well, we played with confidence, we still have some

:06:58. > :07:05.weaknesses, and we will try to show our best face today. Thanks very

:07:06. > :07:09.much. Yeah, they come here in decent form, Fulham, give us your

:07:10. > :07:15.expertise, you have picked out the midfielder Kenny as one to watch.

:07:16. > :07:19.Yes, an excellent player, why signed and My Titania, very creative, sets

:07:20. > :07:34.of goals and school some wonderful goals. -- -- one I signed under

:07:35. > :07:39.tenure. A team looking to find its way back to the Premier League.

:07:40. > :07:43.There have been some ups and downs, when I took over, we were bottom of

:07:44. > :07:48.the Championship, not really a squad fit for purpose, but the squad they

:07:49. > :07:56.have got now is well equipped for a Championship challenge. Let's hear

:07:57. > :08:01.from some of the players. Cardiff battling in the league, is this a

:08:02. > :08:07.welcome distraction? It is all is a great occasion, and I think as

:08:08. > :08:11.players we look forward to it. It is a good chance to have a good run,

:08:12. > :08:16.hopefully go as far as we can, like you said, we are scrapping in the

:08:17. > :08:21.lead at the moment for points, we know what we have got to do to get

:08:22. > :08:30.out of there, but fully concentrating on the game today.

:08:31. > :08:35.Welcome back! I enjoyed my time there, the FA Cup is different to

:08:36. > :08:41.the lead, a bit more of a relaxed atmosphere, but I would expect...

:08:42. > :08:46.Nice to be back, hopefully we can beat them today.

:08:47. > :08:51.Yeah, the former Cardiff player Scott Malone returning to his old

:08:52. > :08:55.club, Danny, clearly not their priority, Cardiff City, they are

:08:56. > :08:59.fighting relegation from the Championship, but they have got a

:09:00. > :09:04.big and squad to go on a cup run, haven't they? As shown with the

:09:05. > :09:08.starting line-up, a really strong bench, a really strong first XI, and

:09:09. > :09:12.this could breed confidence in the league, if you can get on a good cup

:09:13. > :09:17.run, bring some excitement back to the city. The players love playing

:09:18. > :09:21.in the FA Cup, it is a special occasion, and if you can get on a

:09:22. > :09:31.run, you never know what could happen. We saw what happened in

:09:32. > :09:34.2008. We saw Swansea City go out to Hull yesterday, Newport are out,

:09:35. > :09:40.Cardiff are flying the flag for Wales. Yes, looking for a good

:09:41. > :09:44.performance, hoping for a good game. Difficult one to call, two

:09:45. > :09:48.Championship rivals, Cardiff at home, are they favourites? They have

:09:49. > :09:52.to take it to Fulham, being the home team. Both teams know each other

:09:53. > :09:58.very well, the two managers are making changes, we're not sure how

:09:59. > :10:01.the game is going to go, but I think it will be an entertaining game of

:10:02. > :10:06.football, hopefully Cardiff can come out on top. The teams making their

:10:07. > :10:15.way out onto the field for this FA Cup third-round tie, how do you see

:10:16. > :10:18.it going? You have Fulham allegiances, of course! Absolutely,

:10:19. > :10:22.if Cardiff were to win, it would be through physicality and probably the

:10:23. > :10:27.set piece, Fulham through pace and the counterattack, which they are

:10:28. > :10:31.very strong at. The teams are out, we are moments away from kick-off at

:10:32. > :10:37.Cardiff City Stadium, so can Cardiff book their place in the fourth round

:10:38. > :10:38.of the FA Cup? Your commentary team, former Wales striker Iwan Roberts

:10:39. > :10:54.alongside Rob Phillips. Success in cup competition seems to

:10:55. > :10:57.be reserved for the fields of France last summer, but after this

:10:58. > :11:07.third-round tie Cardiff City make five changes. Jazz Richards and Emyr

:11:08. > :11:17.Huws get all too rare starts. A debut for Greg Halford. The

:11:18. > :11:25.substitutes include mark Harris, the teenager about to sign his first

:11:26. > :11:30.professional contract. So it has been start for Wales

:11:31. > :11:32.international Jazz Richards, who arrived from Fulham in the summer,

:11:33. > :11:44.dogged by injury at the swapping clubs. -- after swapping clubs with

:11:45. > :11:47.Scott Malone. Greg Halford signed from Rotherham this week,

:11:48. > :11:52.international clearance granted, he has a big chance to impress. And

:11:53. > :11:56.watch out for Ryan Sessegnon, when I was 16, I was doing homework and

:11:57. > :12:00.Sundays! He is making an FA Cup debut, having already become the

:12:01. > :12:04.youngest Championship score with his goal against Cardiff early in the

:12:05. > :12:10.season. The referee knows all about Wembley. The referee the Johnstone's

:12:11. > :12:24.Paint Trophy final last season. -- he refereed. Fulham make three

:12:25. > :12:28.changes, Bettinelli stepping in for his first start this season, and

:12:29. > :12:37.watch out for Cairney, who has scored against Cardiff previously.

:12:38. > :12:40.There is Greg Halford, known by Neil Warnock after his spell at Rotherham

:12:41. > :12:50.last season. A very versatile player.

:12:51. > :12:57.And there is the Fulham manager, Slavisa Jokanovic, who has taken

:12:58. > :13:05.them within six points of the play-offs. They are tense, Cardiff

:13:06. > :13:15.City 19th. -- tenth. And we are about to start brunchtime FA Cup

:13:16. > :13:19.action, Cardiff City against Fulham, Fulham bling from right to left in

:13:20. > :13:30.white shirts and black shorts, Cardiff all in blue. -- playing.

:13:31. > :13:42.Forward by Johansen, the Norwegian international. Looking for Kadeem

:13:43. > :13:55.Harris. Dennis and oil looks like he will play in the right back role. --

:13:56. > :14:01.Denis Odoi. The quest is to be drawn as number 21 in the draw, there is

:14:02. > :14:10.an opportunity for both sides. Yes, Cardiff have only lost once in their

:14:11. > :14:13.last seven at home. That was against Championship topping Brighton. We

:14:14. > :14:20.are right to say this is not a priority for either team this season

:14:21. > :14:23.and of course Cardiff trying to get further away from the relegation

:14:24. > :14:28.zone, especially with two massive games coming up against relegation

:14:29. > :14:33.rivals Bristol City and Burton Albion. A lovely ball in behind the

:14:34. > :14:38.Cardiff defence, a really good tackle by Sol Bamba, who has made

:14:39. > :14:47.quite an impression since joining the Bluebirds. Poor defending by Joe

:14:48. > :14:54.Ralls, gets his body position wrong. It is a very well timed tackle in

:14:55. > :14:56.the end by Sol Bamba, timed perfectly by the big fella. Ryan

:14:57. > :15:26.Fredricson got in behind. A lot of big clubs watching young

:15:27. > :15:33.Ryan Sessegnon, I don't think he really wanted to shoot there,

:15:34. > :15:39.looking to cross the ball there. When you take the shot on, it is

:15:40. > :15:40.always going to go high, right into the Cardiff City fans behind the

:15:41. > :15:56.goal to our left. Pilkington is waiting in the middle,

:15:57. > :16:05.but it is cleared away by Sigurdsson.

:16:06. > :16:15.Picked up by Emyr Huws fouled by Cairney, free kick taken quickly by

:16:16. > :16:27.Ralls, Pilkington stumbles initially. Bennett has intercepted

:16:28. > :16:34.two. Piazon, the Brazilian. Crossfield ball from Johansen, away

:16:35. > :16:38.by Halford, who has started in a defensive position. There was some

:16:39. > :16:46.talk, Iwan Roberts, that he might sit in front of the back four, but

:16:47. > :16:50.it looks like three centre backs. We weren't too sure, Bamba played in

:16:51. > :16:56.that role against Aston Villa very successfully in their last game once

:16:57. > :17:02.the mike here at the Cardiff City Stadium. Jazz Richards and Joe

:17:03. > :17:06.Bennett can have the freedom to push up, enabling Kadeem Harris and

:17:07. > :17:26.Anthony Pilkington to get much closer to Rickie Lambert.

:17:27. > :17:40.Johannson seeing plenty of the ball in the opening minutes.

:17:41. > :17:47.Great vision by Emyr Huws on that left-hand side, carried the ball

:17:48. > :17:50.over the halfway line, no real support to his left, he has to

:17:51. > :17:57.switch from left to right. Just a little bit too much on the pass

:17:58. > :18:07.towards Kadeem Harris. A big future for Emyr, a chance to show what he

:18:08. > :18:10.is about. No Chris Martin for Fulham today. The official line is that the

:18:11. > :18:16.manager is not sure if he is injured, but he says he is. Well,

:18:17. > :18:20.the manager says the medical staff couldn't find anything wrong with

:18:21. > :18:22.the Fulham striker. He is on loan from Derby and is keen to move back

:18:23. > :18:34.there. Defeat by Brighton last week was

:18:35. > :18:38.their first in six games for Fulham. They pass the ball very well, don't

:18:39. > :18:41.they? Very comfortable in possession, Fulham, they like to

:18:42. > :18:47.build from the back through midfield. As they spoke about before

:18:48. > :18:52.the game, they like counterattacking, they have pace in

:18:53. > :18:55.Fredericks, Aluko, who called problems for Cardiff back in August

:18:56. > :19:04.at Craven Cottage. -- who caused problems.

:19:05. > :19:14.The little shimmy away was by Piazon, the Brazilian, on loan from

:19:15. > :19:18.Chelsea. Jazz Richards knows a couple of these players from his

:19:19. > :19:25.time at Fulham last season. Lambert, scampering forward, strong enough to

:19:26. > :19:31.hold off Sigurdsson. Harris tries to go on the outside. Attended to by

:19:32. > :19:50.Tim Ream, the American. Ralls was bundled over by Denis

:19:51. > :19:54.Odoi. That is twice there, a great example of good holding play by

:19:55. > :20:00.Rickie Lambert, strong physically, making sure that he gets that good

:20:01. > :20:06.first touch in. He then laser to Joe Ralls, who moves the ball quickly

:20:07. > :20:11.and is brought down. -- he then lays it off. It is a shame Peter

:20:12. > :20:16.Whittingham isn't playing! I was just going to say, this is where you

:20:17. > :20:18.want him. Pilkington would fancy it, he has scored from these sort of set

:20:19. > :20:23.pieces before. It does look like under the

:20:24. > :20:40.Pilkington. -- Anthony Pilkington. Halford is in the Fulham wall. And

:20:41. > :20:46.he scores! And he looks ever so cool, Neil Warnock will be

:20:47. > :20:51.delighted! I am not sure whether it took a deflection, but Anthony

:20:52. > :20:56.Pilkington will not complain. He has given Cardiff City and early lead. I

:20:57. > :21:01.think it takes a wicked deflection, and it is a poor wall by Fulham, you

:21:02. > :21:07.can't turn your back, if you have to take it in your face, that is why

:21:08. > :21:09.you are in the wall. No wonder that Anthony Pilkington didn't celebrate

:21:10. > :21:15.too much. I think it is the Brazilian, Lucas Piazon, and once it

:21:16. > :21:21.has taken that deflection, there is absolutely no chance for Marcus

:21:22. > :21:29.Bettinelli to get back to his left hand side. So Anthony Pilkington's

:21:30. > :21:42.sixth goal of the season, his first in the FA Cup since 2010. But it is

:21:43. > :21:46.a perfect start on a Sunday morning for Cardiff City after Fulham, to be

:21:47. > :21:51.fair, Iwan Roberts, had really taken the initiative early on. They had

:21:52. > :21:55.started well in the opening four, five minutes, they looked

:21:56. > :21:58.comfortable in possession, they had a couple of opportunities,

:21:59. > :22:07.especially down the right-hand side, to attack. But that goal will lift

:22:08. > :22:10.everybody here, you know, I have seen him score free kicks from that

:22:11. > :22:14.distance on a few occasions when he was wearing the yellow shirt of

:22:15. > :22:21.Norwich, so I knew we was capable. If Cardiff can win this game today,

:22:22. > :22:30.it would be two consecutive wins for them this season, something they

:22:31. > :22:35.have not done so far. But that is what you have got to do, when the

:22:36. > :22:39.ball is played up to Rickie Lambert, he is playing that lone striker

:22:40. > :22:43.role, and in mid flight, when it is going up to him, the other players

:22:44. > :22:44.have got to get close to Rickie Lambert, as Anthony Pilkington did

:22:45. > :22:58.there. They always say, Iwan Roberts, it

:22:59. > :23:02.doesn't matter how it goes in. As long as it reaches the back of the

:23:03. > :23:07.net. Well, as long as it passes the goalie! No chance for Bettinelli,

:23:08. > :23:14.the deflection totally wrong-footed the Fulham goalkeeper. They are not

:23:15. > :23:20.in the higher echelons of the Championship for nothing, Fulham

:23:21. > :23:26.will want to respond. This is Aluko. Moving forward is Ream, the USA

:23:27. > :23:36.international, Sessegnon attacks Richards. Cleared away by Morrison

:23:37. > :23:50.Theo Ralls, Sessegnon's interception takes it back to Ream.

:23:51. > :23:58.Fredericks takes on Bennett again, and he had the beating of the

:23:59. > :24:06.Cardiff City left back. It has started lively, hasn't it? And Andy

:24:07. > :24:13.-- and an easy decision, slow to react, Bennett, and once you go to

:24:14. > :24:15.ground, no contact with the ball, if you bring the man down, simple

:24:16. > :24:42.decision for the referee to make. Stefan Johansen or peers on. --

:24:43. > :24:45.Piazon. That is your hands on, the birthday boy, 26 today. Is he going

:24:46. > :24:51.to celebrate with a goal? Not on that occasion. Well it is one of

:24:52. > :24:57.those for me, you have got to try and score on the back post, and if

:24:58. > :25:01.you missed the post, hopefully one of your team-mates will be coming in

:25:02. > :25:09.to get the final touch, but just a little bit too much on that cross by

:25:10. > :25:16.Stefan Johansen. Levies a Jokanovic and a familiar figure, John Toshack,

:25:17. > :25:20.he knows all about winning trophies, he has won silverware in six

:25:21. > :25:30.different countries, including the FA Cup with Liverpool, of course. I

:25:31. > :25:38.am sure he will be home for lunch! And he will be happy to see his

:25:39. > :25:48.first club leading by Anthony Pilkington's eighth minute goal. He

:25:49. > :25:52.did a question and answer session at the club on Friday, very

:25:53. > :25:55.entertaining, as we know he can be, John Toshack, I have been in his

:25:56. > :26:04.company many a time, had us in stitches.

:26:05. > :26:13.At times, Fulham, they are not playing with the centre forward.

:26:14. > :26:17.Aluko darting through now, lovely run by Sone Aluko, the former Hull

:26:18. > :26:22.player, switching it across to Fredericks to take on Bennett again.

:26:23. > :26:28.He will think about it after what happened, he gets it across, and it

:26:29. > :26:36.is given home by Johansen, who does celebrate his birthday with the

:26:37. > :26:39.equaliser! And it is all about Fredericks down that right-hand

:26:40. > :26:43.side. That is the third time now that he has got himself one against

:26:44. > :26:48.one against Joe Bennett, and he has got the beating of Bennett. It is a

:26:49. > :26:53.great ball from Aluko, left to right, nice first touch, takes it

:26:54. > :26:58.back down the line. He has got the beating of Bennett by pace, pulls

:26:59. > :27:03.the ball back perfectly for Johansen, who smashes it past

:27:04. > :27:08.Murphy, no chance whatsoever for him in the Cardiff goal. Johansen got

:27:09. > :27:14.four and four in December, and he has started January pretty well.

:27:15. > :27:17.Looking at that left hand side for Cardiff, Kadeem Harris started down

:27:18. > :27:22.that left-hand side, he has got to get himself back defensively to help

:27:23. > :27:28.Joe Bennett out, because one against one at the minute, Fredericks is

:27:29. > :27:37.absolutely destroying Joe Bennett. Yes, the former Spurs trainee, Ryan

:27:38. > :27:42.Fredericks. He is giving him a torrid opening 15 minutes.

:27:43. > :28:04.Aluko, who started that move with a skiving stomach -- with a scything

:28:05. > :28:11.run. He drops so deep, and when he does, you have got the likes of

:28:12. > :28:13.Piazon to fill that role then. But it is clever play by the team from

:28:14. > :28:21.London. He wanted the throw, but it has gone

:28:22. > :28:40.to Fulham, Sessegnon will take it. Ralls goes to ground, referee allows

:28:41. > :28:49.played to go on. Lambert into Harris. Tried a little backheel,

:28:50. > :29:00.didn't he? Had no chance, really. You tried to do a Giroud, didn't

:29:01. > :29:02.he?! -- he tried. The goal-scorer, Johansen, across to Ream, a very

:29:03. > :29:25.fluid Fulham line up. Johansen once more, Sessegnon, Jazz

:29:26. > :29:31.Richards, Albert steps in as well. Piazon is the most advanced Fulham

:29:32. > :29:37.player at the moment, and Sean Morrison, also 27 today, like the

:29:38. > :29:42.Fulham goal-scorer, Stefan Johansen, there's a neat defensive job. He did

:29:43. > :29:48.well in the Cardiff's captain, Sean Morrison, did not quite get enough

:29:49. > :29:51.power on the first header, and the pressure, but managing that in the

:29:52. > :30:01.second header back to his goalkeeper. Piazon, initially

:30:02. > :30:08.stopped by Bamba, but he could be through here. He almost dummied the

:30:09. > :30:13.tackle. Great challenge, great upper body strength by Bamba, you would

:30:14. > :30:18.expect him to win that contest, in all honesty. Fulham just starting to

:30:19. > :30:28.dictate things here at the Cardiff City Stadium, great ball.

:30:29. > :30:35.Kadeem Harris would not average that. But he should not be offside,

:30:36. > :30:38.a lot of the Fulham back four, he has got the pace to go a split

:30:39. > :30:48.second after the ball has been played over the Fulham back four.

:30:49. > :30:52.This was the effort, it was difficult, wasn't it? He has

:30:53. > :30:58.practised that scorpion kick! Not too many players would practice

:30:59. > :31:07.that, in all honesty. You mean you didn't?! Are you surprised?! I am

:31:08. > :31:15.sure the people of Norwich would be, as well as other places you were at!

:31:16. > :31:22.But it is a decent game for a Sunday morning.

:31:23. > :31:31.And it is clear, Iwan Roberts, both sides are up for this. Yeah, they

:31:32. > :31:36.are both playing with a good tempo, Fulham have come here to attack,

:31:37. > :31:38.passing the ball ever so well, forward-thinking players,

:31:39. > :31:43.interchanging positions ever so well. Every time Cardiff get the

:31:44. > :31:49.ball up to the likes of Pilkington and Lambert, they look like creating

:31:50. > :31:55.chances. They certainly don't want a replay, do they? The last thing they

:31:56. > :32:03.want. Lambert is onto that, Huws, a chance for him to run forward.

:32:04. > :32:13.Great save. Bettinelli did well to punch that away. That was a fierce

:32:14. > :32:20.shot by Ralls. A really well-struck shot by Joe Ralls. On that favoured

:32:21. > :32:24.left foot of his. Opened his body up and it is a strong save. A good move

:32:25. > :32:57.from Cardiff down the right-hand side.

:32:58. > :33:04.Green has spent plenty of time forward down this left-hand side,

:33:05. > :33:09.the American defender. I think he is allowed to. You look at Fulham's

:33:10. > :33:13.right back, he is playing as a central defender really. He is

:33:14. > :33:25.leaving Fredericks down that right-hand side all on his own.

:33:26. > :33:31.Just patient. Very patient. Quite happy to keep the ball and try and

:33:32. > :33:45.set Cardiff City out. The goalkeeper could have helped him

:33:46. > :34:10.out a bit more. Johansen nowhere near as decisive as

:34:11. > :34:16.he was for the goal. Didn't get hold of the shot. He has to rush to get

:34:17. > :34:24.the shot in. This is Ralls at the other end and bet Nili at --

:34:25. > :34:27.Bettinelli at full stretch. Ralls gets the ball out of his face,

:34:28. > :34:32.enough power in there to cause a problem. But a decent save by

:34:33. > :34:41.Bettinelli. Scored the winner against Aston Villa did Joe Ralls.

:34:42. > :34:50.And a chance for Cardiff to put the ball into the Fulham penalty area.

:34:51. > :34:57.Neil Warnock, reached the FA Cup semi-finals with Sheffield United.

:34:58. > :35:03.There with Kevin Blackhall, one of his loyal lieutenants. He played for

:35:04. > :35:07.goal for him in Scarborough I think in his first managerial job. He has

:35:08. > :35:10.come a long way since then Neil Warnock. Bennett will look for a

:35:11. > :35:24.blue shirt on the edge of the box. Piazon ensures he can make no

:35:25. > :35:31.progress. That is where they have got to pass the ball sooner. He has

:35:32. > :35:36.taken a second too long. He has drawn two Fulham players out. Take a

:35:37. > :35:44.touch, pass to it Ralls and Ralls can cross that ball into the box.

:35:45. > :36:13.The towel remains, Greg Halford has this in his locker - a long throw.

:36:14. > :36:23.Bamba has gone across to meet him. Bennett was in the right place.

:36:24. > :36:26.Piazon couldn't get hold of it. He will be disappointed, once again it

:36:27. > :36:33.is Fredericks down that right-hand side. He is causing Bamba a problem

:36:34. > :36:39.this time. Bennett just, the deflection off his foot, he tried to

:36:40. > :36:48.stop the cross, goes straight to Piazon. But a disappointing shot in

:36:49. > :36:51.the end by the Brazilian. Pilkington put Cardiff ahead on eight minutes.

:36:52. > :37:20.And Johansen equalised on 14. They're just happy to be patient

:37:21. > :37:44.when they have to be. This is good stuff from Fulham. They

:37:45. > :37:49.pass the ball ever so well. They have matched Cardiff's formation.

:37:50. > :38:00.They have gone three at the back. And Odoi is playing as a central

:38:01. > :38:09.defender and you have got the pace down the left with Sessegnon. There

:38:10. > :38:13.is the coach, Slavisa Jokanovic. I was surprised when he got the sack

:38:14. > :38:20.from Watford in all honesty. I thought he done a great job at

:38:21. > :38:23.Vicarage Road. An early start for those people from Fulham, down the

:38:24. > :38:31.M4! Probably enjoying it at the moment,

:38:32. > :38:32.because their side have the initiative back after falling

:38:33. > :38:52.behind. Both these sides have been in FA Cup

:38:53. > :39:00.finals. Fulham in 1975 as Aluko goes outside of Bamba. And Cardiff City

:39:01. > :39:09.as we heard earlier, actually beat Fulham on way to the 1925 Cup Final,

:39:10. > :39:17.that was a dry run for 27. And then returned in 2008. Defeat by

:39:18. > :39:20.Portsmouth. Of course 2008 started at Chase Town. So from small

:39:21. > :39:33.acorns... I would like to see Cardiff there,

:39:34. > :39:38.Ricky Lambert he has got to put the keeper under pressure. Pilkington

:39:39. > :39:53.and Harris are 25 yards away. It is so easy for the goalkeeper just to

:39:54. > :40:04.roll the ball out to Sigurosson and -- Sigurdsson. Morrison has gone

:40:05. > :40:12.into the Fulham half to track Aluko. They have given them a lot of time

:40:13. > :40:15.on the ball at the moment. I suppose at this distance it is not too much

:40:16. > :40:21.of a problem. But they break quickly as they are now. Johansen - good

:40:22. > :40:31.challenge by Bamba again. Harris should be quick enough. The decision

:40:32. > :40:37.goes against Odoi. The Belgian. Gets there a second too late, doesn't he.

:40:38. > :40:41.Harris was quickest to react, just gets his foot to the ball. Great

:40:42. > :40:45.tackle again. He has become such a leader in the short time he has been

:40:46. > :40:52.at the club. The first signing of Neil Warnock. Just no-nonsense.

:40:53. > :40:56.Doesn't mess about. I was at Ipswich that day they lost and the first

:40:57. > :41:00.thing he did was apologise to everybody and rightly so. But as

:41:01. > :41:06.soon as Neil had the opportunity to play him back into the side, exactly

:41:07. > :41:08.what he did. Harris wants a free kick there against Odoi, but the

:41:09. > :41:34.referee not having any of it. The earlier meeting of these sides

:41:35. > :41:38.was in 1925 when Fulham lost 1-0 in the capital. Cardiff lost in the

:41:39. > :41:57.final to Sheffield United that year. Morrison had to make the block.

:41:58. > :42:01.Fulham corner. It is a joy to watch at the minute, the way Fulham are

:42:02. > :42:06.passing and keeping possession and moving players and moving Cardiff's

:42:07. > :42:08.defendsers. And the players are running into the gaps that are left.

:42:09. > :42:50.It is a joy to watch. Cairney again directing operations.

:42:51. > :42:57.They just don't waste a pass, do they? You can see the influence of

:42:58. > :43:01.their manager. Always on the move. Whoever's on the ball, he has plenty

:43:02. > :43:09.of options. He hasn't got just one or two, he has five or six different

:43:10. > :43:14.players wanting the ball. You can see why they have moved to tenth in

:43:15. > :43:18.the Championship. Neil Warnock said before the kickoff that a lot of

:43:19. > :43:21.people who have seen Fulham this year think they're the best

:43:22. > :43:27.footballing side in the Championship. You can see why with

:43:28. > :43:35.this opening half hour at the Cardiff City Stadium.

:43:36. > :43:45.Harris has to do better there. He loses the ball far too simply.

:43:46. > :44:04.Former Bolton player, Ream, forward again.

:44:05. > :44:17.Fredericks has caused all sorts of problems. Very quick. Goes for the

:44:18. > :44:23.one-two and Murphy this to collect. But Fredericks from Bristol City in

:44:24. > :44:29.August 2015. That was better by Bennett. He forces Fredericks to go

:44:30. > :44:34.inside. Fredericks has to go inside. He is not Ayalewed to go down the

:44:35. > :44:40.line as he has been on more than one occasion in this first half. --

:44:41. > :44:42.allowed to go. And he can't get on the ball that is played into him.

:44:43. > :45:15.That is better by Bennett. Aluko tries his luck and Murphy

:45:16. > :45:20.collects. It is another opportunity to Fulham to get a shot on Cardiff's

:45:21. > :45:26.goal and it all comes from a poor pass half way into the Cardiff half

:45:27. > :45:30.by Pilkington. At the minute, Cardiff not keeping possession at

:45:31. > :45:39.all. Giving it away far too cheaply and making life very difficult for

:45:40. > :45:48.themselves. Again strong by Lambert. But Fulham Smaugle the ball

:45:49. > :45:52.--smuggle the ball up to Cairney. Bennett still going and he has hit

:45:53. > :46:00.the bar and it is turned in and there is no offside flag. It was

:46:01. > :46:06.Cairney got the initial touch and Ryan Sessegnon scores against

:46:07. > :46:12.Cardiff City again. I have to say it has been coming. First one came down

:46:13. > :46:17.that right-hand side with very good wing play by Fredericks and the

:46:18. > :46:22.second's come in the same way. Again he beats Bennett for pace. There is

:46:23. > :46:28.a massive gap for the ball to be played into. He moves the ball

:46:29. > :46:32.quickly. Pulls it back to Cairney. He is unlucky not to score. Is

:46:33. > :46:42.Sessegnon offside? That is the big question. It is very close. It is

:46:43. > :46:51.very close. First thing he does - he looks to the linesman. Has he raised

:46:52. > :46:54.his flag. Maybe level Jazz Richards. Well, he won't worry, that is his

:46:55. > :47:03.third goal and his second against Cardiff this season. I'm sure that

:47:04. > :47:08.is something for Kit and Danny to look at at half-time. He won't be

:47:09. > :47:14.happy. I'm thinking, is he thinking even at this early stage or at

:47:15. > :47:19.halftime, getting Peltier on to that left-hand side, see how he copes

:47:20. > :47:27.with Fredericks. Because at the minute, Joe Bennett is at sixes and

:47:28. > :47:40.sevens. Halford with the throw. As Cardiff look to respond. That should

:47:41. > :47:44.be easy for Bettinelli. Really, not untypical of Cardiff, their biggest

:47:45. > :47:52.danger appears to be through set pieces. They scored from one via a

:47:53. > :47:58.deflection from Pilkington. But Johansen and Sessegnon, his FA Cup

:47:59. > :48:11.debut. He has turned this game on its head. What a talent for 16, Ewan

:48:12. > :48:16.Roberts. Unreal. I saw him in August and he impressed me then. I couldn't

:48:17. > :48:23.believe my ears when I was told he was only 16. I think he had only

:48:24. > :48:25.turned 16 then. A massive talent for Fulham and no wonder some of the big

:48:26. > :48:40.boys in the Premier League are tracking this man. That goal made

:48:41. > :48:47.him the first player to be born in the 2000s to score a league goal. He

:48:48. > :48:54.is an intelligent player and can see the gap when it opens and he then

:48:55. > :48:57.decides to go. That isn't always the first thing that happens, especially

:48:58. > :49:02.when you're as young as Sessegnon is. He already knows who he likes

:49:03. > :49:15.playing most! No hurry for Fulham. The problems

:49:16. > :49:36.are all with Neil Warnock. Bamba is in the right place once

:49:37. > :49:51.more. Bamba did well not to buy the dummy himself there.

:49:52. > :50:03.Good cross looking for Pilkington and it is headed behind. A vital

:50:04. > :50:08.header from that cross. A teasing cross into the box. Maybe not quite

:50:09. > :50:12.enough height on it to find Pilkington. The big boys coming up

:50:13. > :50:27.from the back. Bettinelli just gets a touch and I

:50:28. > :50:36.think they will leave it for Halford to take a long throw. Not a bad ball

:50:37. > :50:38.from Harris. That is where you miss Whittingham - taking corners.

:50:39. > :50:58.Halford will try again. Good distance. Easily read though.

:50:59. > :51:03.He is always running backwards and then it is so difficult when you're

:51:04. > :51:07.running backwards as quick as he is. He is back-tracking, to get the

:51:08. > :51:12.power that is needed in the head tore head it back -- header to head

:51:13. > :51:16.it back across the box. No fault on Halford. He had to put the ball in

:51:17. > :51:20.as early as he did. He wasn't going to get time to have a touch and then

:51:21. > :51:28.cross it. He was going to be put under pressure.

:51:29. > :51:36.It shows you have Cardiff now stopping Bettinelli from passing

:51:37. > :51:42.from that goal kick and then it is a poor kick to the right and Cardiff

:51:43. > :51:48.win a throw. And Bennett can cross. Lambert pulls away to the far post.

:51:49. > :51:53.Good work by Sessegnon. Just did enough and made sure he could feel

:51:54. > :52:05.Lambert, who was always going to win the ball in the air. Ewan Roberts,

:52:06. > :52:10.is he offside? It is really cross. I would say he is probably just level.

:52:11. > :52:13.Maybe his foot's offside. But I think you have got to give the

:52:14. > :52:17.benefit of the doubt to the attacking player there.

:52:18. > :52:26.You have got to, haven't you? You know. I'm not sure Kevin Ratcliffe

:52:27. > :52:34.would have said that, but there we go. I'm not sure Neil Warnock will

:52:35. > :52:39.say that either. In rather more colourful terms he will make his

:52:40. > :52:46.opinion known perhaps. It was a tight one you have to say. And Ryan

:52:47. > :52:52.Sessegnon won't worry too much. It is such a hard one to spot, as the

:52:53. > :52:59.ball leaves Cairney's foot that hits the bar. To then spot Sessegnon - is

:53:00. > :53:03.he or isn't he. On the basis of play, you can't deny Fulham are

:53:04. > :53:05.worthy of the lead and they have been the better side. They have been

:53:06. > :53:35.very impressive. They pass and move and they have

:53:36. > :53:39.very few poor passes. Ralls did well, he has no support. He is

:53:40. > :53:47.trying to get a bit of space to play the ball forward, but there is no

:53:48. > :53:48.one there. And he feels that touch by Sessegnon and goes down. Good

:53:49. > :54:13.play. Richards has had very little

:54:14. > :54:18.opportunity. He is looking. There is one pass he can put in down the

:54:19. > :54:23.right hand channel. But there is no there to play it in. You have four

:54:24. > :54:27.Cardiff players on the other side of pitch and no one made the effort to

:54:28. > :54:29.break their necks and make that run down the right-hand side for an

:54:30. > :54:43.option for Jazz Richards. He was fortunate with that one

:54:44. > :54:48.Bennett. I thought he had lost control. McDonald's arguing his case

:54:49. > :54:54.here. He doesn't think there was a touch. He doesn't think it was a

:54:55. > :55:03.free kick. Johansen is having his say, he is being called over by the

:55:04. > :55:11.referee, who has not had a lot to adjudicate on. The one decision was

:55:12. > :55:23.his assistant's and might prove vital. Bamba wins it and it may

:55:24. > :55:32.break for Harris. But Fulham smuggle it away and the break is on.

:55:33. > :55:44.Fredericks runs over the ball and Huws steps in. That is when Fulham

:55:45. > :55:48.are at their most dangerous. One minute or one second they're

:55:49. > :55:54.defending a set piece and then they break so quickly and you're got the

:55:55. > :55:56.likes of Fredericks, Piazon, Sessegnon down the left-hand side,

:55:57. > :56:10.absolutely sprinting up there. And they're playing at their pace,

:56:11. > :56:38.Fulham. There is an offside flag! This time

:56:39. > :56:42.against Aluko. I would have been interesting in the linesman on the

:56:43. > :56:47.far side, if he had been this side for that Sessegnon goal. He has got

:56:48. > :56:54.to look all across the pitch to try and spot that. There is bodies in

:56:55. > :57:03.front of him. Had he been this side, it might have been a different

:57:04. > :57:04.decision he made. Fulham good value for this lead as they approach

:57:05. > :57:45.half-time. You can hear some of the frustration

:57:46. > :57:55.from the Cardiff fans. A couple of shouts - tackle him, get into him.

:57:56. > :58:09.It has been far too easy for Fulham. A mix up, but Murphy will clear.

:58:10. > :58:22.Sigurdsson slides in. One minute of added time.

:58:23. > :58:36.Huws fell awkwardly there. Huws, just his second start and of course

:58:37. > :58:43.made his Manchester City appearance against Blackburn in the FA Cup as a

:58:44. > :58:47.youngster. A frustrating time for him. I thought he was a great

:58:48. > :58:53.signing for the club when he did in the summer and he had a successful

:58:54. > :59:00.loan at Huddersfield, one of my former clubs, scored a few goals

:59:01. > :59:06.from midfield. For one reason or another it hasn't worked out for

:59:07. > :59:15.him. He was brought in by Paul Trollope. He has had few chances to

:59:16. > :59:21.impress Neil Warnock. That should just be about it. The problems are

:59:22. > :59:26.all with Neil Warnock rather than with Slavisa Jokanovic in the

:59:27. > :59:32.foreground of this shot. His side have been hugely impressive. And he

:59:33. > :59:45.will know his team have plenty to do in the second half. And that is the

:59:46. > :59:49.half-time whistle. It started well for Cardiff when Pilkington Gay them

:59:50. > :59:55.the lead with a de-- gave them the lead with a deflected shot. But then

:59:56. > :00:01.Johansen celebrated his birthday with the equaliser and the sensation

:00:02. > :00:06.who is Ryan Sessegnon was on hand to turn home the ball. Debate about

:00:07. > :00:13.offside. We will look at that now I'm sure. But let's head for a

:00:14. > :00:20.Fulham point of view from Stuart Gray. You went behind early doors,

:00:21. > :00:26.but reorganised and got the goals. Yes disappointed to go 1-0 down. But

:00:27. > :00:32.perfect reaction. We dominated the ball. But with any team that Neil

:00:33. > :00:37.Warnock's got there will be a reaction. But we have to continue

:00:38. > :00:41.playing the way we are playing. I some Cardiff players calling for an

:00:42. > :00:45.offside on the second goal. Maybe the score reflecting the game? I

:00:46. > :00:49.think we dominated the ball and got into some good areas and needed to

:00:50. > :00:53.be more clinical. We are disappointed to concede, but we are

:00:54. > :00:55.pleased to be ahead. The most important thing is the next 45

:00:56. > :01:11.minutes. I thank you. Not a bad cup tie so far. A great

:01:12. > :01:17.start for Cardiff with Pilkington opening the scoring thanks to a

:01:18. > :01:23.deflebs. The lead didn't last long. Johansen with the equaliser for

:01:24. > :01:27.Fulham. More pressure from Fulham, Fredericks a real threat and he set

:01:28. > :01:35.up the second. Cairney off the ball and Sessegnon tapping in, although,

:01:36. > :01:39.was he offside? Danny and Kit to back to adjudicate. All you can ask

:01:40. > :01:44.for is goals. We have had goals, excitement and it has been a great

:01:45. > :01:50.cup tie so far. And Fulham by far the happiest team at half-time? Yes

:01:51. > :01:57.a good start for Cardiff. Got the early goal. Since then it has been

:01:58. > :02:01.all Fulham. They have been on the front foot and got back into the

:02:02. > :02:06.game and they have been murdering Cardiff with their passing and

:02:07. > :02:12.movement. Fredericks has caused all kind of trouble for Bennett and

:02:13. > :02:18.deserved the lead. One touch football, it has been fantastic. Yes

:02:19. > :02:26.they have been passing, it has almost been like a training session.

:02:27. > :02:30.Cardiff have made it too easy. They're neither pressing or dropping

:02:31. > :02:35.off. There have been three pressing at the back, but the midfield

:02:36. > :02:42.dropping off and they're playing ing through them.

:02:43. > :02:49.It was a good start for Cardiff, I don't see you will see a bigger

:02:50. > :02:55.deflection, the goalkeeper had no chance. This is the foul first of

:02:56. > :02:58.all. Yes, a definite foul, and that is what you get if you go over the

:02:59. > :03:04.wall, you always get that chance of hitting a body, wrong footing the

:03:05. > :03:09.keeper, and that is exactly what happens, fantastic start for Cardiff

:03:10. > :03:14.City. Good free kick, but the deflection helped. It was, and

:03:15. > :03:19.Piazon turning his back, you want them to be braver than that. It gave

:03:20. > :03:23.Bettinelli no chance in goal. It came from direct play into Rickie

:03:24. > :03:27.Lambert, which we said would be essential, and they had a little bit

:03:28. > :03:31.of joy from that, a few bodies around him, probably their best way

:03:32. > :03:35.of getting back into the game. We talked about the pressure that

:03:36. > :03:40.Fulham exerted on the right-hand side, talk us through the equaliser,

:03:41. > :03:46.lovely football, on the left on this occasion. Yes, then they switch it

:03:47. > :03:50.out, as soon as Ryan Fredericks has got grass in front of him, he is so

:03:51. > :03:57.fast. He should be picked up, really. He runs off Joe Ralls, and

:03:58. > :04:02.he has acres of space, you can't allow that. You have got players

:04:03. > :04:08.behind the ball, a false sense of security. Far too much time and

:04:09. > :04:13.space and a good finish. Sol Bamba trying to do everything at the back,

:04:14. > :04:20.somebody else should have leptin to block that shot. When the ball is

:04:21. > :04:26.cut back, it is the defensive midfielder's job to be blocking that

:04:27. > :04:31.and clearing the ball. Joe Ralls switches off, Cardiff pay the price.

:04:32. > :04:36.They talked about Ryan Fredericks in the commentary box, causing so many

:04:37. > :04:40.problems down the right-hand side. This is right at the start of the

:04:41. > :04:43.game, one of the quickest players I have ever worked with Ryan

:04:44. > :04:47.Fredericks, a electric pass. If he is given grass in front of him, he

:04:48. > :04:52.will exploit that. He knows he has the beating of Bennett, and this is

:04:53. > :04:58.obviously the goal that we have just seen already. But time and again,

:04:59. > :05:01.tried and tested, Bamba, he knows he has got the legs on him and can get

:05:02. > :05:11.the crossing. Probably should have done better. No surprise that their

:05:12. > :05:15.second came from that route, again, Fredericks. Almost a carbon copy of

:05:16. > :05:23.the first goal, we get to see it now. Cairney is able to drift into

:05:24. > :05:30.the box, but you have got to track your runners. Ralls should have

:05:31. > :05:36.tracked Johansen. Cairney gets in front of Greg Halford. Tom Cairney,

:05:37. > :05:41.we picked him out at the start of the game, and lucky not to score

:05:42. > :05:45.himself, Sessegnon gets the cabin. Fulham League 2-1 at half-time,

:05:46. > :05:57.let's get the view of the Wales assistant coach. -- Fulham lead.

:05:58. > :06:01.A gentleman who has had some great experiences here, they have got it

:06:02. > :06:06.all to do, Fulham playing so nicely, there is to lose now? They have had

:06:07. > :06:12.a great first half, the way they have passed it around, rotation very

:06:13. > :06:16.good in the middle of the park, and Cardiff have found it difficult at

:06:17. > :06:23.times, the communication is key, who is stepping out from the back, I am

:06:24. > :06:29.sure Neil will be tried to organise that at half-time. I am sure you

:06:30. > :06:32.have got your eye on the Cardiff City players, Emyr Huws, Jazz

:06:33. > :06:38.Richards, big game against Ireland in March. It has been frustrating

:06:39. > :06:41.for both, because they have not been playing, so an opportunity for Neil

:06:42. > :06:46.Warnock to see them in a match situation, good that they are

:06:47. > :06:49.getting some playing time, hopefully that will continue and they can

:06:50. > :06:53.cement a place in the starting line-up. I have got to ask you, we

:06:54. > :06:59.have seen players of Gareth Bale back training, have you heard from

:07:00. > :07:02.him? Yes, things are progressing nicely, but time will tell, it is

:07:03. > :07:07.important to take it one day at a time, really, in terms of his

:07:08. > :07:16.recovery. Everything crossed that he will be ready. Osian Roberts, thank

:07:17. > :07:20.you, enjoy the second-half, diolch. I think he's big Sporar nation,

:07:21. > :07:24.saying that he hopes Gareth Bale will be back. Let's talk about Neil

:07:25. > :07:37.Warnock, what will you be St Louis players? -- what will he be saying

:07:38. > :07:41.to his players? The only way I can see them getting back in is the

:07:42. > :07:48.route crosses and set pieces, you have got to try to utilise his

:07:49. > :07:56.talents more. -- is through crosses and set pieces. Kit, as a coach,

:07:57. > :08:02.what do you do? How do you change it? As Danny says, they have to do

:08:03. > :08:06.one or the other, either sit off and get everyone behind the ball or do a

:08:07. > :08:10.high press. That is generally what Neil Warnock teams do, get right in

:08:11. > :08:14.your face, but they haven't done it this first up. It is whether they

:08:15. > :08:19.have got the legs to do it anyway, physically, that is another kettle

:08:20. > :08:24.of fish, that is his problem at half-time! We will see what he does

:08:25. > :08:28.in the second half. The only Welsh side left in the competition after

:08:29. > :08:32.Hull beat Swansea City yesterday, not a great start for the new

:08:33. > :08:39.manager, Paul Clement. Rob Phillips has all the details on this one.

:08:40. > :08:48.Two new managers at the helm for the Premier League's bottom pair, and it

:08:49. > :08:52.was Hull got the better of Paul Clement. The winning goals came late

:08:53. > :08:56.with the Tigers breaking the deadlock, Shaun Maloney getting

:08:57. > :09:01.behind a soft defence to set up the substitute, Abel Hernandez, for a

:09:02. > :09:06.simple finish. Swansea pushed hard for an equaliser, but the game was

:09:07. > :09:14.sealed in Hull's favourite in injury time, a sweeping crossfield ball,

:09:15. > :09:17.Robert Snodgrass found academy product Josh Tymon, who scored his

:09:18. > :09:22.first goal for the club. Celebrations for him, disappointment

:09:23. > :09:28.for Clement. Do you feel a little hard done do with that result? For

:09:29. > :09:32.long periods, we were in the game, it was an even game. There were

:09:33. > :09:38.chances at both ends, not a massive amount, both teams with probably an

:09:39. > :09:42.even spread of ball possession as well. We looked tired at the end,

:09:43. > :09:46.the goals came in disappointing circumstances, it was a soft goal.

:09:47. > :09:50.We defended well for long periods, so the nature of the goal was

:09:51. > :09:55.disappointing. But a great start for Paul Clement.

:09:56. > :09:58.We will talk about that in a few minutes, the job he has got on his

:09:59. > :10:02.hands to keep Swansea in the league, but worth reminding you of a few

:10:03. > :10:07.results yesterday, three Premier League teams knocked out by lower

:10:08. > :10:14.league opposition. Millwall, a big win, beating Bournemouth 3-0. Stoke

:10:15. > :10:19.lost at Wolves of the championship. And Tony Pulis's West Brom side lost

:10:20. > :10:25.steel Derby. Aaron Ramsey scored as Arsenal came from behind to win at

:10:26. > :10:29.Preston. Another Wales international, Tom Morris, who spent

:10:30. > :10:35.time here, he scored twice to stop Ipswich going out of the competition

:10:36. > :10:40.against non-league Lincoln. Let's talk about Swansea is it, then, that

:10:41. > :10:44.defeat yesterday at Hull, I wonder whether that illustrates the job

:10:45. > :10:48.that Paul Clement has got on his hands there in trying to save

:10:49. > :10:54.Swansea. It is a massive job, without doubt, I am sure he is under

:10:55. > :10:58.no illusions, going into this job. Yesterday, it is one of them, it

:10:59. > :11:01.could prove to be a blessing, getting knocked out of the cup now.

:11:02. > :11:06.I have had some great memories from the FA Cup, some brilliant cup runs,

:11:07. > :11:08.and it is great to be part of, but when you are scrapping down at the

:11:09. > :11:15.bottom, sometimes not the worst thing in the world to go out early

:11:16. > :11:20.doors and focus on the league. Danny, one thing that a lot of

:11:21. > :11:23.Swansea City are annoyed about, the fact that he has removed Alan

:11:24. > :11:29.Curtis, this club legend, from the front line of the coaching team.

:11:30. > :11:35.What you make of that decision to my well, I think everyone was

:11:36. > :11:41.surprised, hearing the news. He is a club legend, as you said. There he

:11:42. > :11:44.is. I thought it might have been good continuity wise to keep him

:11:45. > :11:47.around the place, he knows the players well, and Paul Clement

:11:48. > :11:52.goodbye into business lodge. That has not been the case, you have to

:11:53. > :12:03.accept that, every manager has his own ideas. -- could buy into his

:12:04. > :12:08.knowledge. He has that every right to bring people into his coaching

:12:09. > :12:11.team? Yes, I think it is more the way it was done, told by text

:12:12. > :12:21.message, and that is not the right weight -- way to do things. He is a

:12:22. > :12:25.top guy, but Paul Clement has got the right to bring in who he wants.

:12:26. > :12:55.Let's just tell you what else is coming up today on BBC Television.

:12:56. > :13:03.Let's grab a quick word with our match summariser, Iwan Roberts, what

:13:04. > :13:08.is your assessment of the first half, what would you be saying to

:13:09. > :13:14.that Cardiff team if you were Neil Warnock? First and foremost, they

:13:15. > :13:18.have got to get a lot closer to the Fulham players, they have had far

:13:19. > :13:21.too much time and freedom to play the possession game that they have

:13:22. > :13:25.in that first out. First and foremost, they have got to squeeze

:13:26. > :13:30.up as a side and get in their faces, because it has been far too easy for

:13:31. > :13:36.Fulham. Cardiff got off to a good start with that deflected goal from

:13:37. > :13:40.Pilkington, and then on it has been one-sided, time after time, both

:13:41. > :13:44.left and right, Fulham have caused problems. The only surprise is that

:13:45. > :13:51.Cardiff are not further behind, one down. They are still got a chance,

:13:52. > :13:55.good options on the bench for Neil Warnock, but they have got it all to

:13:56. > :14:01.do. Would you make changes at this point? I'm just looking at Joe

:14:02. > :14:10.Bennett, the left wingback, he has really struggled with the pace of

:14:11. > :14:14.Fredericks in at first out. Peltier can play on that left-hand side.

:14:15. > :14:20.Probably too early at the half, he will get better, another

:14:21. > :14:24.opportunity. A big powerful centre forward, we have not seen enough of

:14:25. > :14:28.Rickie Lambert, but he has not had the service that he would have

:14:29. > :14:32.liked, and when the ball has got into him, apart from the opening ten

:14:33. > :14:38.minutes, they have not had enough bodies close enough to help him out.

:14:39. > :14:43.So a lot to be done for Cardiff in this second half. Thank you, Iwan,

:14:44. > :14:48.that is the question, how do you get Rickie Lambert more involved in the

:14:49. > :14:52.second half? They have got to get on the front foot, look at the two

:14:53. > :14:56.wingbacks, Joe Bennett spent the first half defending, never got into

:14:57. > :15:02.the final third. They need to get bodies up the pitch, as Iwan said,

:15:03. > :15:07.press a little bit higher, get the ball into Lambert, bring players

:15:08. > :15:13.into the game, get the ball wide come into the box, otherwise there's

:15:14. > :15:17.no point being on the pitch. I might expect changes at half-time, Neil

:15:18. > :15:22.Warnock is a no-nonsense manager. I would not be surprised to see maybe

:15:23. > :15:26.a double substitution at half-time. Some pretty glum faces among the

:15:27. > :15:29.Cardiff supporters, these Fulham fans will be happy, those who have

:15:30. > :15:37.made the journey down this Sunday morning. What will be Fulham boss be

:15:38. > :15:42.telling his team? More of the same, really, they were not really playing

:15:43. > :15:45.with a centre forward as such. Pretty much a false nine, really.

:15:46. > :15:52.But the movement and rotation was excellent. The two goals came from

:15:53. > :15:57.good play my Cardiff not tracking their runners into the box is a

:15:58. > :16:03.cardinal sin. 45 minutes to rescue a place in the fourth round of the FA

:16:04. > :16:08.Cup, Danny, can they do it, Cardiff? Of course they can, only one goal in

:16:09. > :16:11.it, they should be a couple more down, Neil Warnock can rally the

:16:12. > :16:16.troops, get them all on the front foot, get some of their better

:16:17. > :16:22.players into the game, set pieces always important. Well, he looks a

:16:23. > :16:28.pretty happy man as he comes out for the second half, a bit of a poker

:16:29. > :16:33.face maybe, the Fulham boss taking his place for the second 45 minutes.

:16:34. > :16:37.Let's rejoin our commentary team, can they get back into this one?

:16:38. > :16:41.Iwan Roberts and Rob Phillips for the second half.

:16:42. > :16:46.I can think of one or two Welshman who would be happy with this score

:16:47. > :16:56.at half-time, notably Gordon Davies, the record goal-scorer for Fulham.

:16:57. > :17:00.Ivor, as many people in Welsh football know him. Cardiff will be

:17:01. > :17:08.happy with one goal to take this to a replay. There is Anthony

:17:09. > :17:16.Pilkington, before that Ryan Fredericks, who caused all sorts of

:17:17. > :17:23.problems. I do not think there are any changes at half-time, Iwan

:17:24. > :17:27.Roberts. You heard what the lads thought, will there be any paint

:17:28. > :17:30.left on the wall in the dressing room? I don't think Neil Warnock has

:17:31. > :17:37.mellowed in his old age, he won't mince his words! The players will

:17:38. > :17:41.know that the first half was not acceptable. It is not the standard

:17:42. > :17:49.that they set against Aston Villa in the last home game. They have not

:17:50. > :17:54.played with the same emergency, tempo, everything that you would

:17:55. > :17:58.expect from a Cardiff City side. So Cardiff City have 45 minutes to

:17:59. > :17:59.ensure that there is a Welsh presence in tomorrow night's

:18:00. > :18:16.fourth-round draw. Murphy has not had too much to do,

:18:17. > :18:22.but when they have struck, they have struck decisively. Just looking at

:18:23. > :18:29.Halford's position, he looks as if he is a little bit further forward

:18:30. > :18:35.than in the first half, P3 with Bamba and Morrison, looking like he

:18:36. > :18:40.is responsible for that role in midfield, which would then enable

:18:41. > :18:49.the likes of Ralls and Huws to push further up.

:18:50. > :19:25.Kenneth Zohore is an option on the bench for Cardiff City, he has made

:19:26. > :19:33.a real impact in the last few games. But time yet. Was it wills when he

:19:34. > :19:38.came and changed the game? -- Wolves. He calls Aston Villa all

:19:39. > :19:50.sorts of James Chester and Nathan Baker, their centre halves. Fulham,

:19:51. > :19:55.as Kit was saying, I am sure Slavisa Jokanovic has just said, keep it

:19:56. > :20:00.going. Just passed the ball, keep it simple. Frankly, they don't look

:20:01. > :20:03.like a side who would panic. They look a very good side, don't they?

:20:04. > :20:18.Very impressed with them in that first out. -- first half. The curse

:20:19. > :20:26.of the commentator there! Richards, who was wearing a Fulham showed last

:20:27. > :20:31.season. That is a chase for Emyr Huws. Just as keen to much of Emyr

:20:32. > :20:35.Huws, he is not well-known for his pace. The spaces there for the ball

:20:36. > :20:39.to be played in two down Cardiff's right-hand side, but you won't

:20:40. > :20:51.Harris out there. Cairney has seen the run of

:20:52. > :20:59.McDonald. Bennett has Morrison for company.

:21:00. > :21:09.Greg Halford apologising to his team-mates, once again losing

:21:10. > :21:13.possession far too easily. I suppose this isn't a bad game for him to

:21:14. > :21:18.make his debut. I am not sure how many games he has played this

:21:19. > :21:23.season, in all honesty. Neil Warnock says he fills a number of positions,

:21:24. > :21:35.he is versatile. I have seen him play right back, in the heart of the

:21:36. > :21:36.fence. -- in the heart of defence. And like today, playing right

:21:37. > :22:01.midfield. The backpass by Ragnar Sigurdsson,

:22:02. > :22:03.who was famous in the summer, because he scored one of the goals

:22:04. > :22:09.for Iceland that knocked out England.

:22:10. > :22:16.Three cheers this side of the border as well!

:22:17. > :22:26.He has been largely untroubled today, signed from Krasnodar in the

:22:27. > :22:36.summer. All too easy for Fulham at the minute. Sessegnon takes on

:22:37. > :22:46.Richards. Richards managed to do the defensive job. Piece took to his

:22:47. > :22:50.task, Jazz Richards. -- he's stuck. Richards was up to the task. Corner

:22:51. > :22:56.taken quickly, they have left your hands and in space, the ball is

:22:57. > :23:05.cleared by Emyr Huws. -- they left Johansen in space. They try to send

:23:06. > :23:08.Kadeem Harris away, but he has the equally pacey Fredericks for

:23:09. > :23:16.company, and Frederic scams away with it. Good scrap between the two

:23:17. > :23:23.of them. -- and Fredericks comes away with it.

:23:24. > :23:35.Johansen has got so much time to get Cairney out. Johansen, who got

:23:36. > :23:38.Fulham back into this game after Pilkington put Cardiff area with a

:23:39. > :23:42.deflected free kick. Brian Sessegnon, the teenager, made it

:23:43. > :24:12.2-1. -- Ryan Sessegnon. It is easy street for Fulham at the

:24:13. > :24:20.moment. They don't look in any sorts of problems. Sure Neil Warnock was

:24:21. > :24:25.hoping for a busy start to the first half, the second half, after the

:24:26. > :24:30.interval. You would expect a quick start from the home side, wouldn't

:24:31. > :24:35.you? To put the Fulham players and a bit more pressure, get closer to

:24:36. > :24:39.them, get a tackle in. Sometimes it is a tackle. It gets everybody

:24:40. > :24:50.going, get the fans off their seats. They almost look as if they could be

:24:51. > :25:18.undone again at any time. Piazon tries to break through,

:25:19. > :25:23.Cardiff City cannot get out of their own half. It is wave after wave of

:25:24. > :25:39.Fulham attack, and the game is being played in the Cardiff City half.

:25:40. > :25:44.Well, they are not rushing to take the throw-in, Fulham. They look so

:25:45. > :25:48.comfortable with the ball, Rob, they see an easy pass, they don't try to

:25:49. > :25:52.complicate things, and all of a sudden, when they get into the final

:25:53. > :25:58.third, that is when the passes start becoming quicker, the movement is

:25:59. > :26:17.better. Cardiff just can't get hold of it at the minute!

:26:18. > :26:25.Ralls over the head of Lambert. He has got to think about that one, he

:26:26. > :26:29.has got Rickie Lambert, let's be honest, he has never been renowned

:26:30. > :26:35.for his pace. There is only one place he wants the ball, behind

:26:36. > :26:41.Sigurdsson, but he wants the ball, does Rickie Lambert.

:26:42. > :26:55.Bennett with the block, Harris gives the ball away, winds and back

:26:56. > :27:10.momentarily, McDonald. -- wins it back.

:27:11. > :27:21.It is men versus boys at the minute, Cardiff getting a lesson from Fulham

:27:22. > :27:26.on how to keep the ball. Really sloppy by the men in blue. Neil

:27:27. > :27:29.Warnock has to be thinking of making a change before this game goes away

:27:30. > :27:44.from them. Ten minutes into the second half, a couple of Cardiff

:27:45. > :27:50.City Stadium dudes warming up. -- a couple of Cardiff City substitutes

:27:51. > :28:07.warming up. There is Kenneth Zohore, waiting for

:28:08. > :28:14.the call. Lovely ball by Cairney, Murphy is equal to it. Only his

:28:15. > :28:18.third start, suddenly rocketed from third choice goalkeeper, signed in

:28:19. > :28:24.the summer, to Neil Warnock's first choice. It was a good decision to

:28:25. > :28:29.come out, early shout to his defenders, good one from Sessegnon,

:28:30. > :28:34.across the 18-yard line. A good ball in by Stefan Johansen, but as I say,

:28:35. > :28:39.good early decision, good starting position. Coaching conference going

:28:40. > :28:47.on on the side, surely considering a change. They have to be, Rob,

:28:48. > :28:54.because this is not good enough from Cardiff City. They can't get over

:28:55. > :29:01.the halfway line at the minute. They do now, with this long kick from

:29:02. > :29:10.Murphy. Clearance by Murphy. But every second ball, you know, it is a

:29:11. > :29:16.white shirt that is picking it up. Piazon is in behind the Richards,

:29:17. > :29:22.Sessegnon makes the run forward. He was tempted to have a tackle there

:29:23. > :29:27.but thought better of it! Still not cleared by Cardiff.

:29:28. > :29:38.A third goal now would really so it up for Fulham, surely. Oh, Piazon

:29:39. > :29:48.from Cairney! Somehow scrambled away by Cardiff. Piazon once a free kick,

:29:49. > :29:56.a penalty, but they were opened up there, Cardiff City. Cairney,

:29:57. > :30:01.Piazon, great play. It wasn't a free kick, but once again it is

:30:02. > :30:02.magnificent play by the visitors. It is a footballing lesson for Cardiff

:30:03. > :30:16.City. Well, Neil Warnock wasn't kidding

:30:17. > :30:19.when he said that in some ways this is the best team in the

:30:20. > :30:27.Championship, best footballing team. The league table never lies. Looking

:30:28. > :30:37.for Lambert, just over the top of the big striker. Just offside as

:30:38. > :30:43.well. Good effort by Ralls, he is capable of picking players out.

:30:44. > :30:57.Let's have a look. He is leaning into it! He still had plenty to do.

:30:58. > :31:08.I think it was Kit that picked out Cairney before the game, wasn't it?

:31:09. > :31:13.He scored a beauty for Blackburn against Cardiff when they return to

:31:14. > :31:18.the Championship a few years ago, a Friday night game, 1-1, I remember

:31:19. > :31:23.it well. Partly because of the six-hour trip on the M62, which was

:31:24. > :31:33.like a car park, nothing new there! --

:31:34. > :31:52.And Cardiff do something pretty rapidly, they have still got half an

:31:53. > :31:57.hour, Kenneth Zohore is warming up. Just look at Fulham's back four,

:31:58. > :32:03.back five, they are playing quite a high line.

:32:04. > :32:23.Johansen took a knock to the mouth as Huws at least forced Bettinelli

:32:24. > :32:32.into some action. Better from Cardiff. A well-timed the run down

:32:33. > :32:39.the left-hand side by Lambert. The ball finds itself at the foot of

:32:40. > :32:46.Huws. He doesn't really get ahold of the shot. A comfortable save. The

:32:47. > :32:52.first he has really had to make since that shot he saved from Ralls

:32:53. > :33:02.in the first half for Marcus Bettinelli. Stephan Johansen gets

:33:03. > :33:08.some treatment. Time for refuelling as well. And they may have had an

:33:09. > :33:17.early start, but they're enjoying their trip to the capital so far.

:33:18. > :33:20.Those full happen support - Fulham supporters are in good heart and

:33:21. > :33:25.good voice. They have plenty to sing about. Their side are running this

:33:26. > :33:34.game and they lead 2-1. A bloody lip. The spoils of war. Do you think

:33:35. > :33:44.he will be able to blow out his birthday candles with that? 26

:33:45. > :33:48.today, Stephan Johansen. Slavisa Jokanovic has won the Yugoslav cup.

:33:49. > :33:52.He won it twice when it became Serbia as well. He took Watford to

:33:53. > :34:01.promotion from the Championship. So he has a track record. Did he lose

:34:02. > :34:15.his job straight after winning promotion? Yes he did.

:34:16. > :34:20.Florence Kiki Sanchez Flores was brought in. He lost his job as well.

:34:21. > :34:48.And he didn't do a bad job either. It looks like there could be a

:34:49. > :34:56.change in the offing for Cardiff. It is perhaps the most unexpected in

:34:57. > :35:05.that Mark Harris is warming up on the side. He has just had a word

:35:06. > :35:11.with Neil Warnock. The heavy squad are all involved now on the side. As

:35:12. > :35:16.Fulham continue as they have almost from the first minute - dominating

:35:17. > :35:21.possession. They fell behind to Pilkington's deflected free kick.

:35:22. > :35:28.But they didn't panic. They just played their football and now lead

:35:29. > :35:34.two one thanks to goals from Johansen and Sessegnon.

:35:35. > :35:42.Cairney is involved in most of Fulham's good play and there has

:35:43. > :35:57.been plenty of that. So, who will it be? It looks like Mark Harris is

:35:58. > :36:02.coming on now. And Stewart O'Keefe. Mark Harris has been propelled to

:36:03. > :36:15.first team squad training almost as soon as Neil Warnock got here.

:36:16. > :36:25.Clearance by Murphy drifts out. Will this be the chance? No, they're

:36:26. > :36:30.still getting their laces sorted. He has shown a lot of faith in the

:36:31. > :36:34.young man. Zohore is on the bench. My first opportunity to see Mark

:36:35. > :36:39.Harris. It will be interesting to see if he plays alongside Lambert.

:36:40. > :36:48.That would mean a change of shape for Cardiff. That would give O'Keefe

:36:49. > :36:52.a bit more bite and energy and give the likes of Johansen and Cairney a

:36:53. > :37:00.bit more of a problem. He will get closer to them. They need to do

:37:01. > :37:12.something. Bamba is in on Aluko. I think he is unlikely there Bam

:37:13. > :37:22.banana he -- Bamba. He can count himself unlucky he gave away

:37:23. > :37:30.At the moment, Cardiff look in no rush to make the substitution. They

:37:31. > :37:37.sometimes do with iPads onside. Now they have got a little graphic which

:37:38. > :37:41.the coaches are looking at. It is just that last bit of information to

:37:42. > :37:48.give the players before they go on. Set pieces and their jobs and roles

:37:49. > :37:54.in both penalty boxes. Halford scooped it across for a throw in.

:37:55. > :38:00.There is Mark Harris, getting final instructions. He has had enough of

:38:01. > :38:07.that! He would rather sit down and have a drink!

:38:08. > :38:19.Ralls drives at the Fulham defence. Tried to play in Harris. Nearly and

:38:20. > :38:49.it stems from a good tackle by Halford.

:38:50. > :38:59.Harris looked appealingly at the referee, but he kept his whistle in

:39:00. > :39:17.his hand. It just takes an awkward bounce as it reaches Khadim Harris.

:39:18. > :39:27.Johansen! Always drifting wide. Always hitting across the ball. Lets

:39:28. > :39:32.the ball run across his body. Halford has held Fredericks up and

:39:33. > :39:37.forced him to pass inside. Johansen looking for his second goal, lets

:39:38. > :39:43.the ball run across his bod y and goes well wide of the right-hand

:39:44. > :39:51.post. Now it is Stewart O'Keefe who is being told what they expect of

:39:52. > :39:56.him. Fulham are warming up their substitutes as well. But this will

:39:57. > :40:00.surely be looking ahead to next week and Championship action, rather than

:40:01. > :40:05.any concern about the way things are going. That is Bristol City a team

:40:06. > :40:11.just above Cardiff in the Championship. But on their showing

:40:12. > :40:14.they're going to be a force in the Championship aren't they? Fulham?

:40:15. > :40:26.Yes, I have been very impressed with them. Halford trying to inject some

:40:27. > :40:35.venom into the Cardiff performance. I think this will be a Halford long

:40:36. > :40:47.throw. Or maybe it won't be. It won't be, because Halford's debut

:40:48. > :40:50.ends. And he will be replaced by the debutant, young Mark Harris. He has

:40:51. > :41:00.been offered a professional contract and what a moment for the youngster.

:41:01. > :41:06.Who was part of that Wales side who beat England at under age level and

:41:07. > :41:12.Stewart O'Keefe replaces Ricky Lambert. So it looks like Pilkington

:41:13. > :41:19.up front do you think? Yes. And Harris maybe just in behind him. But

:41:20. > :41:23.he has 22 minutes to show what he is about. To show the Cardiff

:41:24. > :41:27.supporters that have turned up today what a good play hear the he is, he

:41:28. > :41:33.has an eye for goal and it is the first time I have had a glimpse to

:41:34. > :41:43.watch Mark Harris. He has been given plenty of time here by Neil Warnock.

:41:44. > :41:51.Bettinelli's clearances haven't always hit the right target. Harris

:41:52. > :41:53.from Harris. This could get confusing, two Harrises on the pitch

:41:54. > :42:09.now. No ultimate target man now is there.

:42:10. > :42:12.That is the high the service up to Harris and Pilkington has got to

:42:13. > :42:33.improve drastically. Mark Harris was almost in then. Not

:42:34. > :42:37.sure what it is about Kadeem Harris. Is he an impact sub. I have seen him

:42:38. > :42:44.come on and been a positive player from the bench. But he doesn't seem

:42:45. > :42:55.to do that as effectively, he isn't as effective when he starts the

:42:56. > :43:00.game. He has taken a long time to find his feet at Cardiff City.

:43:01. > :43:24.Fulham have definitely found their feet in the capital this morning.

:43:25. > :43:33.Harris tried to go through Odoi. Not sure what Odoi could have done. He

:43:34. > :43:40.can't get out of the way. He has been beaten by a good bit of skill a

:43:41. > :43:46.little nutmeg by Harris, who runs straight into him. But nine times

:43:47. > :43:54.out of ten, the referee always gives that the forward's way. The big men

:43:55. > :44:04.are up from the back. Bamba, Morrison.

:44:05. > :44:12.Now here Fulham are dangerous. But Johansen overhits the pass. Awkward

:44:13. > :44:24.by Richards. But he just about got there. Why doesn't Bennett just go

:44:25. > :44:30.to his keeper, instead of putting Jazz Richards under pressure. You

:44:31. > :44:48.have put him under so much pressure with Aluko closing him down quickly.

:44:49. > :45:01.Murphy just was fortunate that it was Bamba who picked up the Parry.

:45:02. > :45:09.Bamba takes control again. Richards has to get closer to Piazon. Once

:45:10. > :45:13.Piazon reaches the box, you have a problem, Richards can't sell

:45:14. > :45:26.himself, can't dive in. You have got to close him earlier.

:45:27. > :45:36.Oh Murphy has played himself into trouble. This could sort it for

:45:37. > :45:43.Fulham. And it was saved, the day was saved and Murphy's blushes were

:45:44. > :45:51.saved by Sean Morrison. You're in your own box, just put it into row

:45:52. > :45:52.Z. Don't try and do what you do. Just sums up Cardiff's sloppy

:45:53. > :46:06.performance. Piazon straight at Murphy. It is

:46:07. > :46:12.another quickly taken corner and they find Piazon. A nice ball by

:46:13. > :46:16.Macdonald. Three Cardiff players surrounding him, but manages to get

:46:17. > :46:28.a shot on Murphy's goal. Comfortably dealt with. It is just such an

:46:29. > :46:34.un-Neil Warnock-like performance. Sessegnon gets the job done again. I

:46:35. > :46:37.heard the display against Aston Villa described as great intensity

:46:38. > :46:45.about the performance. We haven't seen any of that today sadly. Fulham

:46:46. > :46:56.have brought a real intensity to their play though.

:46:57. > :47:10.If we are honest, some lads have been given an opportunity and

:47:11. > :47:16.haven't taken those opportunities. Good tackle from McDonald.

:47:17. > :47:28.McDonald's come off worst from that. He has stayed down. He is up now is

:47:29. > :47:36.McDonald. Good challenge by Bamba again. Aluko looks aghast that it is

:47:37. > :47:42.not a free kick. That is an unbelievable challenge. I thought

:47:43. > :47:46.Aluko got past him, but he stretches that right leg and hooks his foot

:47:47. > :47:51.around the ball. It is a magnificent tackle. I think it would have been

:47:52. > :47:57.harsh had the referee decided to give a free kick. Aluko still not

:47:58. > :48:02.happy. He is having a word with the assistant referee on this right-hand

:48:03. > :48:10.side. And Kevin McDonald is still down injured. This is a worry for

:48:11. > :48:16.Fulham. I think he hurt his shin putting in that tackle on Harris.

:48:17. > :48:24.Timed to perfection by McDonald. That is what your holding player

:48:25. > :48:33.does in front of back four. He did it to perfection there did the

:48:34. > :48:44.Scotsman. That man, Slavisa Jokanovic, will be a very happy man.

:48:45. > :48:50.And he does not look as if he is enjoying a Sunday stroll. He won't

:48:51. > :48:55.have enjoyed this performance whatsoever. You can see the passion

:48:56. > :48:59.in the eyes. I think he would like to get on there himself and get

:49:00. > :49:08.close to a Fulham player and put a tackle in! That is all he asks -

:49:09. > :49:14.passion and a bit of desire. Kevin McDonald is back on - good news for

:49:15. > :49:26.Fulham, who are within 14 minutes or so of a place in Round 4.

:49:27. > :49:34.That is offside. Not much in that, but he went early, Huws. I mentioned

:49:35. > :49:38.the way Fulham are defending very high up the pitch towards the

:49:39. > :49:44.halfway line and there is plenty of space to drop the ball in behind

:49:45. > :49:51.them. Just got to time your runs better.

:49:52. > :50:00.I should mention today that both Cardiff and Fulham fans are mourning

:50:01. > :50:08.the loss of Paul Went in the week, a central defender who played for both

:50:09. > :50:15.clubs. 72 to 73 at Fulham. And also at Cardiff as well. He also managed

:50:16. > :50:49.Leyt Orient. -- Leighton Orient. Harris had the pace to beat

:50:50. > :51:09.Johansen. Which he did. But a poor cross. The break is on now.

:51:10. > :51:17.Piazon shoots and over the bar. Such clever play. One-touch football.

:51:18. > :51:22.They have numbers up. They have four or five up in the attack. Just

:51:23. > :51:26.little five-yard passes. Just looking for that bit of space they

:51:27. > :51:33.need. It falls to Piazon eventually. Richards just did enough and got

:51:34. > :51:39.himself in front of him. Forced him to take the shot sooner than he

:51:40. > :51:54.would like. Last three of the dice for Cardiff. Noone replacing Kadeem

:51:55. > :52:03.Harris. He has had an impact as a substitute, Craig Noone. Neil

:52:04. > :52:09.Warnock must think Kenneth Zohore needs to be wrapped up for the

:52:10. > :52:13.Championship battles ahead. Maybe Noone can exploit that space that

:52:14. > :52:22.the Fulham back three are leaving behind. One thing he has got is pace

:52:23. > :52:30.to burn. He has not found his form since that Premier League season I

:52:31. > :52:35.don't think. He lost his way. He has had a few injuries. And not had the

:52:36. > :52:49.influence that he would have wanted. Noorn Noone might have been offside

:52:50. > :53:01.there. I think he was. It looks like a Fulham change is in the offing.

:53:02. > :53:08.That is Denis Adeniran waiting to come on. All they have to do is see

:53:09. > :53:17.it out now. The last ten minutes or so. A change will be made now and

:53:18. > :53:22.the man who started Fulham on their way, Stephan Johansen with his sixth

:53:23. > :53:26.goal, his first in the FA Cup, the Norwegian, former Celtic player. He

:53:27. > :53:32.has shown he has got the scars of war, but he will be more than happy

:53:33. > :53:38.with that. He won't be down in the mouth with Fulham winning. This is

:53:39. > :53:47.his goal. They were trailing 1-0. Like for like. One defensive

:53:48. > :53:54.midfielder in Johansen for another one, Denis Adeniran, a young

:53:55. > :53:59.18-year-old. An FA Cup debut for him. Johansen can be delighted with

:54:00. > :54:19.the way he has played. Ralls was just on his right foot. It

:54:20. > :54:24.Wurz there to be hit. -- it was there to be hit. Sadly it wasn't on

:54:25. > :54:36.his favoured left foot. Clearance by Murphy.

:54:37. > :54:44.Fulham are within sight. Wrong pass down the left-hand side. Bennett's

:54:45. > :54:59.in acres of space. O'Keefe got injured there. Aluko.

:55:00. > :55:10.Pushed away by Murphy. O'Keefe is still down in the area. Looks in

:55:11. > :55:12.some problems. Now he is up. The last thing Cardiff need is an

:55:13. > :55:28.injury. To add to their woes. Fulham will just run the clock now.

:55:29. > :55:34.They could have done with that third goal. It is another decent save for

:55:35. > :55:38.Murphy. But they will just keep possession. They won't go chasing a

:55:39. > :55:40.third. If anything they should have been increased the lead in the

:55:41. > :55:47.second half. They have had the chances. Murphy has been far busier

:55:48. > :55:51.and in fact I can't think really of too many times even in the whole

:55:52. > :55:59.game Bettinelli has been called into action. But he might be now. Noone

:56:00. > :56:05.into the area. But Sigurdsson was there at the right time. Great

:56:06. > :56:08.defending. If he had in earlier he may have spotted Pilkington by the

:56:09. > :56:20.penalty spot. Bennett into the box. No penalty.

:56:21. > :56:36.The referee right there. Now the break is on.

:56:37. > :56:43.Odoi and Richards ensures it doesn't go near the net and out for another

:56:44. > :56:49.Fulham corner. Let's look at this. Beats two men. The arm comes out.

:56:50. > :56:56.But not too much in it I don't think. The game now in the last five

:56:57. > :57:00.or six minutes, it will get stretched. I think that will favour

:57:01. > :57:07.the away side with the pace they have got in their side. Especially

:57:08. > :57:23.on the counterattack. Another change for Fulham. And it is Sone Aluko who

:57:24. > :57:29.will be replaced by Steven Humphrys. A debut for him. FA Cup bow. He has

:57:30. > :57:42.had a couple of substitute appearances has Humphrys. Another

:57:43. > :57:47.teenager enters the fray. He is more of a natural forward. One of the

:57:48. > :58:10.Fulham youngsters that has broken through into the first team.

:58:11. > :58:18.A good turn by Noone. Chips it across looking for Pilkington. Just

:58:19. > :58:35.the wrong side of the Irishman. That is a free kick. Maybe at last

:58:36. > :58:46.Cardiff come to life in this second half. Clumsy by the sub Adeniran.

:58:47. > :58:49.Barged into the back of Bennett. The big boys come up from the back -

:58:50. > :59:11.Morrison and Bam Bamba. A free kick against Cairney. A long

:59:12. > :59:17.way out you have to say. I just thought when Noone beat his first

:59:18. > :59:25.man, I thought I have seen him do it so many time, get the ball on his

:59:26. > :59:31.left foot and shoot for goal. He hasn't scored since Wolves last

:59:32. > :59:42.January. And it will be Bennett with the free kick.

:59:43. > :59:56.Down the side to Noone and a good block by Fredericks. A throw now.

:59:57. > :00:00.Bamba urges his players on. It has been the first time in the second

:00:01. > :00:07.half there is a bit of pressure by Cardiff. They're not short of long

:00:08. > :00:32.throwers, even with Halford off. Is there a twist in the tale? Breaks

:00:33. > :00:37.for Bennett. Can't get the shot away and O'Keefe lofts it high, wide and

:00:38. > :00:49.not too handsome. Not an easy chance for O'Keefe. It is an awkward

:00:50. > :00:55.height. He is falling backwards. A bit of pressure being put on Fulham

:00:56. > :00:59.in the dying minutes of this game. When Morrison takes a long throw,

:01:00. > :01:05.there is one less target to hit in the middle, isn't there? Bettinelli

:01:06. > :01:17.said I'm not playing this short. This is going long. Another free

:01:18. > :01:32.kick. This time against Humphrys. Did well to bundle over Bamba.

:01:33. > :01:47.It is on to a Fulham head again. And that is disappointing and rather

:01:48. > :01:49.sums up the lunchtime for Cardiff. It needs a bit more of an angled

:01:50. > :02:07.cross put in. Mark Harris has not had a touch

:02:08. > :02:15.since coming on. He has found it difficult to get into this game.

:02:16. > :02:42.Bettinelli extended. Having to come out of his own penalty area, but he

:02:43. > :02:48.has largely been a spectator - had no chance with the goal, the

:02:49. > :02:56.deflected free kick by Pilkington on eight minutes. There are five

:02:57. > :03:01.minutes of added time to come. Will we see another goal, Iwan Roberts? I

:03:02. > :03:06.think if there is going to be another goal, I can only see the

:03:07. > :03:11.visitors getting it, in all honesty, with Cardiff, yeah, they had a

:03:12. > :03:16.period two or three minutes ago, a few balls being played into the

:03:17. > :03:20.Fulham box, but no real quality, in all honesty. The more that Cardiff

:03:21. > :03:23.have to push forward, maybe that will leave them suspect on the

:03:24. > :03:39.counterattack. It is another free kick. Outstanding

:03:40. > :03:43.performances, he has been in the middle of everything, Piazon has

:03:44. > :03:50.caused problems, Sessegnon down the left-hand side has been very good. I

:03:51. > :03:54.have to give it to Ryan Fredericks, the right wingback for Fulham, great

:03:55. > :03:58.energy down this right-hand side, created both Fulham goals, has not

:03:59. > :04:07.just been a superb creator but outstanding defensively for his team

:04:08. > :04:10.as well. So for me, Ryan Fredericks. Ryan Sessegnon, the other

:04:11. > :04:17.goal-scorer, the teenager, scored his first FA Cup goal, he makes way

:04:18. > :04:21.for a familiar figure Scott Malone, part of the deal which took Jazz

:04:22. > :04:24.Richards to Cardiff. He went to Fulham, so a return for him. The

:04:25. > :04:43.dying minutes. That is the man of the match, Ryan

:04:44. > :04:48.Fredericks, ace sprinter, ace footballer on this performance. Did

:04:49. > :05:03.Simon say he thought he -- he thought he was the quickest

:05:04. > :05:07.player he had coached? You don't want to get in a foot race with him!

:05:08. > :05:19.Is energy levels have been incredible this afternoon. -- his.

:05:20. > :05:23.Good ball played in first time, does not get past Sigurdsson. I am sure

:05:24. > :05:27.Neil Warnock is thinking, why didn't they play like this half an hour

:05:28. > :05:31.ago? Instead they played like that, giving the ball away in a good

:05:32. > :05:35.position, momentum is lost, and there hasn't been much of that this

:05:36. > :05:46.afternoon by Cardiff City, and he looks a very frustrated man. He

:05:47. > :05:51.doesn't look happy at all. They should have had three points at

:05:52. > :05:57.Griffin Park, then a really good win against Aston Villa last Monday

:05:58. > :06:07.afternoon. Jokanovic knows he is inside of a fourth-round tie,

:06:08. > :06:20.provided he can hold out. -- in sight. Ralls, looks for an angle to

:06:21. > :06:27.carve the ball forward. Then it has to go back to Morrison under

:06:28. > :06:37.pressure from Humphrys, now Murphy, Bamba was offside. Just over a

:06:38. > :06:39.minute for Fulham to see this game out, it would be a hugely satisfying

:06:40. > :06:56.victory for them. Morrison, that has to go one way, he

:06:57. > :07:02.has lost it. Malone to McDonald. Fulham are going exactly where they

:07:03. > :07:07.need to be, in front of their own fans. Scott Malone holds it up. The

:07:08. > :07:13.two players who swapped clubs in the summer come to grips with each

:07:14. > :07:17.other. Just keep it in that corner, Fulham, take an age to take this

:07:18. > :07:19.throw in, run the clock down, get back on the team bus, back to London

:07:20. > :07:34.and the fourth round. All now looks lost for Cardiff City,

:07:35. > :07:35.and Fulham will be ball 21 in tomorrow night's draw live on BBC

:07:36. > :07:49.Television. Bettinelli looks for the man of the

:07:50. > :07:58.match, Fredericks, blocked by Bennett.

:07:59. > :08:07.I think that could be far it as far as the referee has concerned, he

:08:08. > :08:12.hasn't been too busy. He has not had any yellow cards today. He looks to

:08:13. > :08:17.the side, and there is the final whistle, and the travelling Fulham

:08:18. > :08:25.fans celebrate. Sleazy can pitch shakes hands with the Cardiff

:08:26. > :08:30.manager, Neil Warnock. -- Slammys Jokanovic. What a great day out it

:08:31. > :08:35.has been for them in Wales on Sunday morning. It started well for Cardiff

:08:36. > :08:40.when Anthony Pilkington put them ahead, but Stefan Johansen and then

:08:41. > :08:45.this youngster, Ryan Sessegnon, delivered his first FA Cup goal, his

:08:46. > :08:50.second against Cardiff this season, and Fulham will be in the round four

:08:51. > :08:59.draw tomorrow. Cardiff City 1, Fulham 2, let's head to the man of

:09:00. > :09:01.the match, Ryan Fredericks. A dominant performance in that second

:09:02. > :09:08.half to book your place in the fourth round. We came here is a full

:09:09. > :09:13.strength team, we came to dominate, and that is what we have done. Neil

:09:14. > :09:18.Warnock said before the match that you were a great footballing side,

:09:19. > :09:22.you seems to really enjoy yourself and kept the ball well. We play good

:09:23. > :09:27.football, we work on our training, and that is what you want to do, we

:09:28. > :09:34.are at our best when we have got the ball, that is what we have done

:09:35. > :09:37.today. Congratulations, thank you. Congratulations to Fulham, no

:09:38. > :09:47.glamour games for Cardiff City this year, and from the man of the match

:09:48. > :09:51.to the manager, Slavisa Jokanovic, you must be delighted with the way

:09:52. > :09:56.you played today, as well as the victory. We played very well, we had

:09:57. > :10:05.control of the ball, we kept possession of the ball. We need to

:10:06. > :10:13.try less to win the game, we can score some goals more, similar

:10:14. > :10:17.things what we are doing in the Championship. A lot of success down

:10:18. > :10:23.the right-hand side, did you feel there was a weakness in the Cardiff

:10:24. > :10:27.City side to exploit? No, it is not weakness, we are strong on both

:10:28. > :10:33.sides, and we have a good solution in our full-back, playing very well

:10:34. > :10:39.today, Sessegnon playing on the left side too. Generally, I believe our

:10:40. > :10:45.strength is to keep possession of the ball and try to dominate the

:10:46. > :10:50.team, the strength of Cardiff is to be solid, be strong, try to win

:10:51. > :10:55.second phase, and that is how we prepared for this game today. Many

:10:56. > :11:03.congratulations, thank you for joining us live on Match Of The Day

:11:04. > :11:06.Wales. Thank you so much. Danny Gabbidon, that was the Fulham

:11:07. > :11:10.perspective, let's talk about Cardiff City, not a great day for

:11:11. > :11:18.them, how do you explain that performance? Yeah, it was very

:11:19. > :11:23.lacklustre from Cardiff, normally you associate Neil Warnock's size as

:11:24. > :11:27.being on the front foot, in your face, getting up to the opposition,

:11:28. > :11:32.and it just didn't happen. I thought second half they would try to get

:11:33. > :11:36.back into the game, but it was a footballing masterclass from Fulham,

:11:37. > :11:40.the passing and movement, Cardiff could not deal with it. They have

:11:41. > :11:45.that part, at 2-1 they were still in the game, and that was probably the

:11:46. > :11:52.only positive, that Fulham did not finish the game off. But Fulham

:11:53. > :11:58.thoroughly deserved their win today. Kit, Mr Jokanovic is a serious

:11:59. > :12:03.character, but happy with the way his team performed, and we have got

:12:04. > :12:09.some examples of just how well they played at times. Ryan Fredericks

:12:10. > :12:23.guardsman of the match, two assists, but Tom Kenny was involved in all of

:12:24. > :12:28.their best play. -- Cairney. That was unfortunate, but there was so

:12:29. > :12:32.much good play throughout, Cairney involved, so confident on the ball.

:12:33. > :12:37.The system they played today suited them perfectly as well. Numerous

:12:38. > :12:43.opportunities and openings from their good passing and good play.

:12:44. > :12:47.The only one thing probably is that they didn't have an out and out

:12:48. > :12:53.striker playing today, and they probably would have won buy more.

:12:54. > :12:56.Danny, from the Cardiff perspective, looking at the way Fulham managed to

:12:57. > :13:01.play around the 18-yard box, that will really disappointed Neil

:13:02. > :13:05.Warnock, they did not close down the attacking players. They were very

:13:06. > :13:13.passive the whole game, I thought in the second-half Neil Warnock try to

:13:14. > :13:17.address that, but they sat off, Fulham created numerous chances, and

:13:18. > :13:21.Neil Warnock will be disappointed. We didn't really see a game plan

:13:22. > :13:25.from Cardiff today, with or without the ball. Fulham are really well

:13:26. > :13:29.drilled, the manager has been working on passing and movement, but

:13:30. > :13:33.let's not forget that they were very good off the ball, very good

:13:34. > :13:40.defensively, working hard and dominating in all departments. We

:13:41. > :13:44.can hear from Tom Cairney. How are the players feeling in the changing

:13:45. > :13:51.room at the moment? We are delighted to the next round, we dominated

:13:52. > :13:55.nearly all the game, we couldn't find the third goal in the second

:13:56. > :14:00.half, so a little bit edgy towards the end, but overall quite

:14:01. > :14:05.comfortable. After going behind so early, how happy are you with the

:14:06. > :14:08.way you came back into the game and dominated? Yeah, I think that was

:14:09. > :14:12.always going to be the case, we didn't panic from the deflected free

:14:13. > :14:18.kick, which always played the same, the manager in stills it in us, we

:14:19. > :14:22.have to keep playing the right way. And you will be watching the draw

:14:23. > :14:26.closely tomorrow, I'm sure, thank you.

:14:27. > :14:29.A very happy Fulham captain, and the man that you picked out as the one

:14:30. > :14:35.to watch before the game, he played his part. Just looking at the

:14:36. > :14:40.chances Fulham had to extend their lead, they might well have got three

:14:41. > :14:45.or maybe four. Well, they could have done, they had decent openings and

:14:46. > :14:50.opportunities, and Cardiff were not quite last-ditch defending to keep

:14:51. > :14:57.the scoreline down, but it comes from good play from Fulham. They

:14:58. > :15:02.were by far the better side, but all the time it is 2-1, they had a

:15:03. > :15:09.chance late on, but they created some good openings. A good save

:15:10. > :15:17.there from Murphy for Cardiff, and as far as Cardiff are concerned, I

:15:18. > :15:22.would have thought a famous Warnock wobbler in the dressing room, he has

:15:23. > :15:25.not mellowed, would he be angry? I think he will be more disappointed,

:15:26. > :15:30.the Championship is the more important thing to look at now, a

:15:31. > :15:34.massive game coming up against Bristol City at the weekend, so they

:15:35. > :15:39.have to move on. There will be disappointment about how the game

:15:40. > :15:42.went, especially going in front, the way they were taught a footballing

:15:43. > :15:47.lesson after scoring the goal, but they will have to move on quickly,

:15:48. > :15:52.they are out of the competition now, onto league form again, trying to

:15:53. > :15:55.pull away from the relegation zone. Let's just remind you of some

:15:56. > :16:13.programmes coming up on BBC Television...

:16:14. > :16:24.If you are a Cardiff City fan, you might want to avoid and! Can they

:16:25. > :16:28.survive in the Championship? They certainly can, without doubt, it

:16:29. > :16:31.might not always be sparkling football to watch, but he will get

:16:32. > :16:36.them solid and organise, I'm confident they will stay up. So

:16:37. > :16:41.Cardiff get a footballing lesson from Fulham, no Welsh sides left in

:16:42. > :16:45.the FA Cup, who needs romance when you have got a relegation battle to

:16:46. > :16:49.fight?! From all of us, bye for now.