Sol Bamba's late strike hands Cardiff crucial win over 10-man Brighton
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Cardiff City's Sol Bamba netted a dramatic late goal after a goalmouth scramble as they snatched a 2-1 win over 10-man Brighton & Hove Albion to move out of the Premier League relegation zone on Saturday.
With seconds left Bamba's overhead kick come back off the post and the rebound fell to Callum Paterson whose effort cannoned off the bar. But Bamba made no mistake third time round when he fired the ball into the roof of the net.
It completed a day to remember for Neil Warnock, who was celebrating 100 games in charge of Cardiff, as the Welsh club recorded their second top-flight victory of the season after Brighton's Dale Stephens was sent off in the first half.
Relive the game with our live blog below:
15 min: Cardiff 0-1 Brighton
Cardiff have responded fairly well to going a goal down but Brighton have a certain expertise in holding on to 1-0 goal leads as we have seen in recent weeks.
The hosts still look shaky at the back however when the Seagulls break at pace, and another such attack ends with March sweeping his shot wide of the far post.
20 min: Cardiff 0-1 Brighton
Sol Bamba has just played a simple ball straight out of play in what has been a testing opening 20 minutes for the Ivorian.
It's been equally as painful for Neil Warnock, who has seen his side fail to implement the basics consistently so far.
GOAL! Cardiff 1-1 Brighton (Paterson 27')
That's three goals in his last four Premier League appearances for the forward, and finally it seems Cardiff have got some luck.
Kadeem Harris drives into the penalty area and his cross deflects off Gaetan Bong. The deflection puts it on a plate for Paterson to easily nod past Ryan and put the hosts level.
31 min: Cardiff 1-1 Brighton
The chances have started to come a bit more freely since the equaliser.
Glenn Murray has a shot well blocked after Anthony Knockaert's effort serves to be an excellent pass for the forward.
Cardiff also have another effort on target, but Ryan easily holds Joe Ralls' half-volley.
34 min: Cardiff 1-1 Brighton
Dale Stephens' afternoon is over. He goes in to Greg Cunningham with a reckless sliding challenge and the referee deems it deserving of a red.
I reckon that'll be one of those that'll split opinion, but Brighton are down to ten. Callum Paterson is also booked for his role in the aftermath.
38 min: Cardiff 1-1 Brighton
The red card has forced Chris Hughton into a reluctant change.
Solly March, who got the assist for Dunk's goal,is sacrificed, as summer signing Yves Bissouma is brought on to help sure up the midfield.
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