Cardiff City boss Omer Riza was left ruing two points dropped after seeing his side in such dominant form in the opening 45 minutes before succumbing to a 1-1 draw against Sheffield Wednesday.
The Bluebirds opened the scoring in this Championship encounter through Isaak Davies as they controlled the proceedings in the first half.
However, missed chances made Cardiff vulnerable to an equaliser, which soon came after the break.
Danny Rohl made changes to re-energise his side, as they found the leveller with a Michael Ihiekwe header from a Barry Bannan corner.
Solutions
They are now two points above the bottom three and City boss Riza said: “The players are going to be frustrated and disappointed, but we can’t find excuses we have to find solutions.
“We need the points.
“It was a very good first half, and we were hoping for more of the same in the second half.
“I don’t really know why that didn’t happen, there seems to be a mental thing with the boys.
“They didn’t apply enough pressure in the second half and allowed them to have a bit more time on the ball in the midfield areas, which put us on the back foot.
“That was disappointing.
Disappointing
“We had worked on set plays in the week, knowing how they worked, so to concede from a corner was disappointing.
“It’s one of the moments we are going through.
“It just changed in the second half.
“We didn’t tell them to sit back, we told them to try to go out and get and second or third goal.”
Before the game against Wednesday, Riza said his side probably needed 11 points to beat the drop over the final eight games.
Cardiff now faces two away trips to Queens Park Rangers and Preston North End before hosting Stoke City in a huge game in the relegation zone.
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Omer Riza is proud of his Cardiff City troops
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