Cardiff City throw away two-goal to lead to lose at Ipswich Town

Cardiff City somehow threw away a two-goal lead to lose 3-2 at Ipswich Town.

Goals from Aaron Ramsey and Joe Ralls put the away team in a commanding position in Suffolk but second-half efforts from Nathan Broadhead and Freddie Ladapo (two) turned the game completely on its head.

It denied the Bluebirds three wins on the spin, which for much of the afternoon looked like a certainty. You can get all the latest Cardiff City transfer news sent straight to your inbox for free with our daily newsletter here.

Erol Bulut will be left perplexed.

After ringing the changes in the Midlands in midweek, the new boss went back to somewhere near full strength against the Tractor Boys, albeit with one or two surprise inclusions.

Ramsey returned to the ranks, while Arsenal loan man Alex Runarsson and Ollie Tanner made their first league starts for the club.

Tanner’s place was just reward for his bright cameos in recents weeks, with Bulut deciding to keep the youngster around instead of loaning him out.

Karlan Grant and Yakou Meite were selected up top, with the latter through the middle, while deadline-day signing Jonathan Panzo was named among the substitutes.

Bulut has presided over a huge squad rebuild this summer which has seen nine players arrive and 14 shipped out. All this work was conducted under a partial transfer embargo too, making this an even more impressive feat.

And it was one of his summer signings, Grant, who was lively from the get-go.

He had the first chance of the game for the visitors in the ninth minute, curling a right-footed shot just wide after cutting in from the left flank.

Runarsson at the other end had to be lively to Conor Chaplin’s effort but his shot lacked power and precision. Grant and Jamilu Collins were