Cardiff vs Crystal Palace: Bluebirds relegated after 3-2 defeat confirms return to Championship
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Your support makes all the difference.Follow the latest reaction after Cardiff City were relegated from the Premier League after a 3-2 defeat against Crystal Palace.
Neil Warnock's side needed to win at home to stand any chance of catching Brighton and Hove Albion, who sit four points above the Bluebirds ahead of their Sunday encounter with Arsenal.
But Palace were always on the front foot early on and took the lead through Wilfried Zaha, and despite a Martin Kelly own goal levelling the scores, Michy Batshuayi soon restored the advantage. Andros Townsend added a third in the second half that proved to be the final nail in the coffin, and while Cardiff scored a late consolation through Bobby Reid, their relegation to the Championship was confirmed soon after. Re-live all the action live here:
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Seventh place in the Premier League confirmed. Well played Matt Doherty.
Cardiff City manager Neil Warnock: "We've got to win this game. If we don't we can forget it, so we've got to concentrate on that really.
"We always give effort and sometimes we are a bit limited. But with two games to go we're still in it.
"I'm a bit sad. You're bound to feel a bit sad. One or two more points would see us in a different situation. I think we may have accepted where we are at the beginning of the season. We'll give it our best shot against Palace."
Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Cardiff start the match, the work the ball out to the right before giving it to Murphy on the inside left of the pitch. Murphy takes a dipping shot and hits the bottom of the far post!
3 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Palace win a corner that's put into the box. The ball comes out to Townsend who brings it down, takes it back into the area and chips it across goal. Kelly wins the header but hits it softly into the arms of Etheridge.
6 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Concern over Camarasa who slips as he's about to take a shot and looks to have hurt his right leg. The physio is seeing to him but he's still on the ground.
Cardiff will have a corner when the game resumes.
9 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Camarasa limps awkwardly off the pitch. The corner comes in trying to find Morrison but Guaita punches it away.
Ayew loses possession of the ball as Camarasa comes back on.
Palace win the ball back and Townsend cuts inside and takes a long range effort that Etheridge stops easily.
12 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Camarasa is down again and it looks as though he won't continue. No, he doesn't Camarasa goes off and Bacuna comes on.
Murphy tries to play De Cordova-reid into the box but his pass goes out of play.
15 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Murphy hits a flat cross into the box from a corner and doesn't beat the first man. Cardiff have started the match positively despite losing Camarasa inside of ten minutes.
18 mins: Cardiff 0 - 0 Crystal Palace
Ayew receives the ball in the middle of the park, he runs it forward to the inside left of the pitch, there's still space in front of him so he cuts inside and tries to feed it through to Batshuayi in the box but his pass is blocked off.
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