EPL: Sam Vokes condemns winless Cardiff to another defeat
Updated On: 01 October, 2018 07:42 AM IST | London | AFP
"He had to generate all the power into it. It wasn't a fantastic performance but it was Burnley-like, we stayed in the game. It shows that the undercurrent of Burnley that we have built is still there."

Burnley's Welsh striker Sam Vokes celebrates scoring their second goal to take the lead 1-2 during the English Premier League football match between between Cardiff City and Burnley at Cardiff City Stadium in Cardiff. Pic/AFP
Burnley's Sam Vokes scored the decisive goal in a 2-1 victory away to Cardiff City on Sunday that left the Welsh club still looking for their first Premier League win of the season. Defeat left Cardiff second bottom in the table, above basement club Huddersfield on goal difference alone with both sides having drawn two and lost five of their opening seven league matches this term. "It is a blow to lose a game like today, because we can't play much better than that," Cardiff manager Neil Warnock told the BBC. "Once again the fans were amazing, they really are enjoying it and supporting us."
By contrast, victory saw Burnley climb to 12th in the table, with Johann Berg Gudmundsson and Vokes scoring either side of Josh Murphy's equaliser for the Bluebirds. It was the first time Burnley, who thrashed Bournemouth 4-0 last week, had recorded back-to-back wins in the English top-flight since April. The one downside for Burnley was that England defender James Tarkowski went off after just 27 minutes with what appeared to be a shoulder injury. And that could prove to be a problem for England manager Gareth Southgate as well ahead of next month's Nations League internationals against Croatia and Spain.
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