City boss pleased to hold Baggies

West Brom had most of the possession in the Championship clash at the Cardiff City Stadium, particularly in a one-sided second half, but the Bluebirds held on for an important point.Peter Whittingham had put them in front with a seventh-minute spot-kick after Jay Bothroyd was brought down by Jonas Olsson but Gianni Zuiverloon scrambled home in first-half injury time to ensure his side a share of the spoils."A draw was a fair result," said Jones. "I can't fault my players for the effort they put in and there are a lot of tired legs in the dressing room."I am very proud of all of them and couldn't ask them for any more."It was like two boxers slugging it out on the pitch tonight and neither would give an inch."City settled down after going ahead but the Baggies soon began to take control and Andwele Slory struck the inside of a post midway through the half.Two minutes later Cardiff suffered a blow when Whittingham was forced off with a groin injury.Just when it seemed they would go in at the interval in front, the defence failed to clear and Zuiverloon levelled the scores.The visitors had three players booked as Cardiff worked hard to shut them down and Olsson missed a glorious chance to put his side in front when he headed over from five yards.In a rare Cardiff break, Chris Burke sent a shot spinning past the Albion post and then in the last minute he popped up on his own goal-line to clear a goal-bound effort from Simon Cox.Baggies boss Di Matteo said: "We feel a little disappointed not to win the game."We had a number of chances in the second half but had no luck."It is a tough, competitive division and I am pleased with the players' performance tonight and now we are back on top we must continue to gain points to make sure we stay there."Jay Bothroyd was very clever in moving in front of our player to convince the referee that it was a penalty but on a positive note we have no more injuries to report."Cardiff must now count the walking wounded as they are suffering from having a very small squad due to their financial situation."Peter Whittingham has a groin injury but until we look at it closer in the morning we cannot tell whether he will be available for Saturday's visit of Barnsley," said Jones.

Source: Team_Talk