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The manager of Cardiff City, Malky Mackay, has hailed his players for pulling off a draw in their previous Premier League game against the reigning champions Manchester United.

Cardiff was looking like losing that match at one stage as they were down by 1-2 with not much time left in the game. But, in the first minute of the injury time, the South Korean attacking midfielder Bo-Kyung Kim found the back of the net for the Bluebirds and made sure that Cardiff got something out of the game.

It’s not the first time this season that Cardiff has put up a brilliant show against a top class side. They have already pulled off an upset against United’s local rivals Manchester City.

Cardiff City is currently in the bottom quarter of the Premier League points table. Out of their 12 games so far, they have secured just 13 points and there is every chance of them finishing in the relegation zone if they continue to be inconsistent. But, according to Mackay, the draw against United is probably the beginning of the survival campaign of his team.

Talking to the reporters in the press conference after the match against United, Mackay said, “The way the boys performed from beginning to end, I am really pleased with that. It’s very important to have self belief when you take on a side like Manchester United and we had that self belief today.”

“We deserved that leveller. We had made a lot of good moves before that and eventually, we managed to finish one.”

When asked about the decisions of the referee in the game, Mackay said, “Two competitive sides were out there taking on each other and I reckon the referee made fair calls throughout the game to be honest.”

Cardiff looked to have secured a point against Tottenham after going into the final few minutes of their encounter with the Premier league outfit with the score 0-0. However, Spurs managed to score deep into injury time through a goal from Paulinho, which is very difficult to take according to Cardiff manager Malky Mackay. He has said that this has been a cruel defeat the club and one that he hopes that they recover from sooner rather than later. Cardiff have made a decent start to the season, but this defeat means that they have no points from this home match.

They have taken just one victory so far this campaign and it came against Manchester city at home. Hence, there is a feeling amongst Cardiff supporters that they need to make the homegrown supporters, but they were unable to do so against Tottenham, who created a lot of opportunities throughout the match. Spurs manager Andre Villas-Boas said after the encounter that his team deserved the three points for the way we played. This victory puts Cardiff closer to the relegation zone, which increases pressure on Mackay. The club spend a lot of money on new players in the transfer window, but they have had only limited impact.

“There will be bad days. Today wasn’t a bad day. Today was a cruel day, not a bad day. Today’s a day that showed the players that we’ve got at this football club that they can match top, top teams in the league. We’ve played three teams at Cardiff City Stadium that were in the top six last year and absolutely gone toe to toe with them and our fans have seen that. And it gives my players great belief going forward,” said Mackay. The next match for the club will be a difficult away trip to Fulham.