CHAMPIONSHIP
SALECH SPARKS CARDIFF'S GREAT ESCAPE
Cardiff 5, Burnley 4. Cardiff: Ollie·Tanner 40, Yousef Salech 65, 82, Jack Moylan 75 pen, Alexander Sean Pablo Robertson 90+4; Burnley: Andréas Hountondji 15, Marcus Edwards 25, Largie Ramazani 55, Alexander Sean Pablo Robertson 62 og. Bluebirds trail 4-1 after an hour, then score four times to beat Burnley in a nine-goal epic
Cardiff City 5, Burnley 4. Read it twice. In front of 19,462 at the Cardiff City Stadium, the Bluebirds trailed 4-1 on 62 minutes and still won it.
Andréas Hountondji opened the scoring on 15 minutes from Lucas Pires' pass, and Marcus Edwards made it two on 25, set up by Jaydon Banel. Ollie Tanner pulled one back on 40, assisted by Rubin Colwill, but Burnley led 2-1 at half-time. Largie Ramazani added a third on 55, and when Alex Robertson turned the ball into his own net on 62 the game looked finished.
Brian Barry-Murphy sent on Yousef Salech for Tanner, and a minute later Salech scored from Cian Ashford's pass. Jack Moylan's penalty on 75 made it 4-3. Salech levelled on 82, with Colwill providing again. Then, four minutes into stoppage time, Robertson, the man who scored the own goal, met Chris Willock's pass and won the match.
Nine goals, two Robertson goals at different ends and one turnaround.
Where it leaves them: Cardiff 14th on 18 points; Burnley 22nd on 10 points. Burnley led 4-1 with under half an hour left and went home with nothing.