sony vaio 7 inch: Birmingham City 1-1 Cardiff City

Birmingham

moves in the Championship Play-Off places despite being held in check by promotion rivals Cardiff to San Andrés, with Marlon King missed a penalty.

Blues took the lead through Erik Huseklepp second goal for the club - a short range clean finish - shortly after the king had seen a penalty from David Marshall. But Cardiff leveled with a goal from nothing, as Mark Hudson fired a pass from Peter Whittingham and Blues could not find a winner.

Ben Turner could have opened the scoring after 15 minutes when he found space in the box and tried to bend the ball round Boaz Myhill, but his shot went inches wide.

Birmingham fluid

against attack resulted in a corner which was not about Cardiff and when the ball fell to Guirane N'Daw shot from 30 yards but his shot was comfortably collected by Marshall.Cardiff dominated the first part and dynamic Mason was on the point of converting a pass from Don Cowie before the same player flashed a shot past the left post. Birmingham failed to impress, but he looked much better in the beginning of the second. average. A chance to break the deadlock came when Chris Burke played the ball through Jordon Mutch, who was down in the area by Cowie. The king approached to take the penalty but his low shot was rejected by Marshall.

Meanwhile Birmingham found Huseklepp attack head-to-head with the keeper, but Marshall saved well with his legs. The first goal was not long, however, and this time got the better of Huseklepp Marshall from close range after a superb solo run from Burke to halftime. But as Birmingham seemed about three security checkpoints, Cardiff snatched a draw. Whittingham crosses the defender fell tyhe Hudson, who fly the ball into the bottom corner.

Birmingham were back on the attack, however, and only a fine save from Marshall Burke shook his shot on the turn seemed destined for the top corner. Cardiff responded by Rudy Gestede, but his volleyed right foot from the edge of the box went straight to Myhill.

Marshall

almost felt embarrassed by a low shot that hit a bobble Burke on the ground and loop, but he caught the ball. The Bluebirds almost stole the points at the death as Gestede was close to the head. "We were not at our best in the first half. You have a better second half against a team that occupies the center of the field, "Birmingham manager Chris Hughton said." In 95 minutes, his goal was the only chance they had.

The result is a draw for the third consecutive Cardiff, who could not get their own promotion load on track since losing Carling Cup final to Liverpool.

"We left our opponents out of the game, they lost once in 19 games at home and it was difficult to play against," said the manager, Malky Mackay.

"They had four center-backs in the team, but on the other hand, I'm disappointed because we played magnificently and showed a lot of courage to dominate possession.