Source: PA
Bluebirds soar past sorry Rams
Cardiff cruised past a lacklustre Derby 4-1 to keep up the pressure on their promotion rivals at the top of the npower Championship.
Goals at the start of each half proved too much of a mountain for a poor Rams side to overcome on what was an afternoon to forget for Nigel Clough`s side who are far from safe, albeit nine points clear of the bottom three.
Jay Bothroyd`s early penalty, his first goal in 11 games, proved the difference in a very ordinary first half.
Dekel Keinan capitalised on some slack marking to head a second at the start of the second period and, after Steven Davies entered his nomination for miss of the season, Paul Quinn added a third and Peter Whittingham a fourth.
The thoroughly deserved victory, Cardiff`s first in five games, was blotted only by Robbie Savage`s injury-time spot-kick but moves the Bluebirds above Swansea and into third, still four points adrift of second-placed Norwich.
