Cardiff City have a new hero as Yousef Salech snatches point at Millwall in injury time

Cardiff City snatched a dramatic point in injury time through new signing Yousef Salech to seal a 2-2 draw at Millwall.

First-half goals from Calum Scanlon and Casper De Norre looked to have been enough to see off the Bluebirds, who scored through a cracking Chris Willock effort on the stroke of half-time.

It seemed like Cardiff would leave the English capital empty handed - before Salech announced himself as a new City hero deep into stoppage time.

The result extends Cardiff's unbeaten run to six matches.

Omer Riza was in attendance at the game, despite his heartbreaking past few days which saw his father pass away last Thursday, and took his place on the sidelines despite his red card at the weekend.

There is always a fear after a huge game such as the derby that teams can be left emotionally and physically drained.

And that seemed to be the case here against the Lions, despite changes to the starting XI.

Riza decided to freshen up his line-up with five changes to the team that beat Swansea, with Joel Bagan, Manolis Siopis, Rubin Colwill, Willock and Yakou Méïté drafted in from the off, with Joe Ralls and Cian Ashford dropping to the bench.

The game was just a minute old before the hosts were ahead. Scanlon found himself on the left-hand side after a bit of pinball in midfield and his rifled left-footed beat Jak Alnwick for power and pace, despite the attentions of Andy Rinomhota.

The away team were caught cold but they tried their best to get back into the contest, first through Meite’s effort from range then Callum Robinson’s shot from an angle after good link-up play with Colwill.

But their confidence was punctured again just before the 20-minute mark. Brilliant work from Raees Bangura-Williams saw him skin Manolis Siopis