Neil Warnock tried to find the positives after his Cardiff City Side were thrashed 5-1 by Manchester United at the Cardiff City Stadium.
The hosts got off to the worst possible start after just three minutes when Marcus Rashford struck a stinging free kick from around 35 yard out which swerved into Neil Etheridge's bottom corner. Soon after the visitors doubled their lead thanks to Ander Herrera's long-range deflected effort which looped into the top corner.
Cardiff grabbed themselves a lifeline when Victor Camarasa dispatched a penalty on the stroke of half time, however United resorted their two-goal advantage just three minutes later courtesy of a very well worked goal finished by Anthony Martial.
Solskjaer's men them won themselves a penalty just 10 minutes into the second half which Jesse Lingard duly converted, with the Englishman rounding the scoring off in injury time to secure an emphatic 5-1 win.
Speaking with Wales Online after the game, Warnock tried to find the positives after the performance by praising his side's league position heading into Christmas. He said: "I thought we started the game quite well, but it was an iffy free kick, probably a Sunday League goal.
"The penalty killed us, it wasn’t a penalty though. He put his foot into the mix, but it’s not a penalty in a million years. But I thought the ref did well today. Having said all that - and the lads are flat - but if you’d told me we’d be out of the bottom three at Christmas, I’d have snapped your hand off.”
It's a night Cardiff fans will want to forget in a hurry and the players will need to pick themselves up and dust themselves off as they prepare to travel to face Crystal Palace on Wednesday afternoon in the Premier League.
Source : 90min