Stoke City 2-2 Cardiff City: Bluebirds fight back to earn a draw thanks to Wintle and Robinson goals

Cardiff City were made to scrap to come away from Stoke City with a 2-2 draw thanks to second-half substitutions who turned the tide in the Bluebirds' favour.

It was an ideal start for City, who went ahead through an early Ryan Wintle strike. But two goals in the next 12 minutes, from Tyrese Campbell and Liam Delap, saw the hosts flip the game on its head.

But substitutes Mark Harris and Kion Etete played crucial roles after they came on, with the latter heavily involved in Callum Robinson's leveller.

The game started in frenetic fashion and that's how it continued for the full 90, with both teams giving as good as they got in the early exchanges.

Cardiff looked positive, crisp with their passing and showing intent while in possession. It was refreshing to see and they were deserving of the lead when Wintle slotted home in the sixth minute.

Niels Nkounkou smacked a delicious 40-yard volley across the pitch to Gavin Whyte and the Northern Irishman pulled it back to the edge of the box, where Wintle connected with the ball and sent it skimming into the bottom corner of Stoke's goal.

Unfortunately for Cardiff, that goal lit the fire beneath Stoke's players and the hosts hit back strongly, with the Bluebirds' disorganised defence affording the Potters too much freedom on the outside of the box.

Josh Tymon made the most of that when he cut inside and fed Campbell in the box. Nkounkou afforded the striker a morsel of space and he swivelled and banged a low shot into Ryan Allsop's goal to level the tie just five minutes after Wintle had put City into the lead.

Stoke smelt blood and went for the jugular, hoping to capitalise on a period of the game in which they were piling the pressure on. Their second goal, however, was a