Harris: We’ve got the power
KADEEM HARRIS believes Cardiff proved they have the power to beat their relegation rivals to survival.
The Bluebirds winger took centre stage on his first Premier League start as Sol Bamba’s injury-time goal earned a priceless victory over 10-man Brighton.
Harris smacked the bar with a shot and said: “We were a constant threat – even if they’d had 11 men it would have been the same. We’ve shown we’re a threat going forward and we can continue to be a threat.
“It annoys me when people write us off because I know what we’re capable of, it’s up to us to prove everyone wrong.
“We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves, it’s only three points against 10 men but we were different class, so we just have to keep banking up the points and kick on from here.
“We deserved that goal massively, we were patient. Sol tried the overhead kick and it came off for once and we’ve capitalised on it and scored.
“He was excellent today and so were the rest of the boys.”
But Brighton goalkeeper Mathew Ryan accused referee Martin Atkinson of “one-sided” refereeing. Ryan believes Cardiff prompted Atkinson to give Dale Stephens his marching orders for a lunge and felt wronged when Bamba’s injury-time winner was not chalked off for offside. “The refereeing was a bit one-sided,” said Ryan. “A lot of soft fouls went their way, 50-50 things that you see let go in England were picked up – and we think the second goal was offside.
“But we’ve got to look at ourselves and deal with this.”