Huddersfield Town 1-0 Cardiff City: Robinson misses from the spot as Bluebirds slip to defeat

Callum Robinson missed the chance to open his Cardiff City account from the spot as the Bluebirds slipped to a disappointing 1-0 defeat at Huddersfield Town.

An early strike from Jordan Rhodes proved enough to hand the managerless Terriers all three points at a rowdy John Smith's Stadium, although Robinson should have done better with his spot kick midway through the first half, firing straight at goalkeeper Lee Nicholls.

Cardiff improved as the contest wore on, and may well feel they deserved more. But on the whole, they laboured to find the incisiveness needed to breach a well-drilled Huddersfield defence.

It's a result that brings City firmly back down to earth following their terrific win over Middlesbrough in midweek, which was built on a level of intensity we seldom saw during a frustrating afternoon in west Yorkshire.

Mark Harris, one of the more impressive performers from Tuesday's victory, started from the bench as part of two changes, with Jaiden Philogene starting in a front three alongside Callum Robinson and Callum O'Dowda.

Morison also decided to keep the three at the back that had worked so well on Teesside, presumably in the hope of recapturing the stunning first-half showing that provided the bedrock for success in midweek.

Huddersfield's preparations for this game weren't exactly ideal, with the club deciding to dismiss head coach Danny Schofield after a run of one win in nine games, but it didn't take long for Cardiff to realise they were in for a real battle here.

Indeed, it was Huddersfield that started on the front foot, and they took the lead after just nine minutes. A lovely weaving run from Tino Anjorin allowed him to feed Duane Holmes, who then teed up Rhodes on the edge of the box, and he fired