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CARDIFF manager Russell Slade was left to rue a penalty claim as they were held at Preston.

Craig Noone went down under a challenge from Bailey Wright, and Slade said: ‘It looks a strong, strong claim for a penalty.

‘Even the centre-half who he spoke to admitted it was a penalty, but we just don’t seem to be getting them at the minute.’

Neither struggling Preston nor play-off hopefuls Cardiff could break the deadlock despite 35 efforts on goal – just three of them on target.