Great opportunity missed - Burton

05 March 2011 21:30
Assistant manager Terry Burton could not be too downhearted about Cardiff`s display as they went down 2-0 at home to Ipswich, but felt it definitely amounted to points dropped as they passed up on the chance to leapfrog rivals Swansea into second place in the npower Championship. Town keeper Marton Fulop kept the visitors in it at the break with a series of fine saves, while Peter Whittingham also saw his free-kick hit the crossbar and centre-back Dekel Keinan's header was ruled out for offside. Hungarian Fulop continued to work his magic after the restart and his saves proved crucial as Jimmy Bullard struck a well-taken brace to clinch the points for Ipswich. Burton said: "It was a great opportunity missed and we are disappointed, but the performance did not warrant a 2-0 defeat. We had created chances and had a legitimate goal disallowed at a time when we were running the game. "Their goalkeeper got lucky but that's his job. After they scored they had something to cling on to and we were left chasing the game but you have to put your chances away when they come. "The performance, by and large, was decent but we can get better and it is not very often you are so on top in one half yet end up losing the game."

Source: PA