Paul Quinn scored the decisive spot-kick as Cardiff progressed to the fourth round of the Carling Cup 7-6 on penalties against Leicester following a 2-2 draw.Quinn, who had been nursing a groin injury for most of extra-time, slotted home the winner after Gelson Fernandes had missed for the Foxes.Don Cowie opened the scoring for Cardiff with a header, only for Steve Howard to poke home his first goal of the season to equalise.Lloyd Dyer slammed in Leicester's second before Rudy Gestede's first goal for Cardiff forced extra-time.Fernandes skied his penalty, allowing Quinn to win the match with the 14th spot-kick.
Cardiff made seven changes for the game and Leicester 10, and it was the visitors who dominated the early exchanges.An inviting cross from Franck Moussa picked out Jeffrey Schlupp, but the striker's header cleared the crossbar.Cardiff hit back and some great build-up play ended with Gestede firing in a shot from 12 yards which forced a decent save from Chris Weale.Stephen McPhail was forced out of the action through injury in the 29th minute, but the Bluebirds took the lead shortly afterwardsA cross from Dekel Keinan was only half-cleared and the ball fell kindly for Cowie to nod home his third Carling Cup goal of the season from 10 yards.Their joy was short-lived, though, as Leicester levelled five minutes before the break.- by telegraph.co.uk
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