Neil Warnock picked up a win in his first game in charge of Cardiff City in front of the Sky Sports cameras on Friday night.
The Severnside Derby was decided with a second-half goal from debutant Bluebird Sol Bamba, to repay the faith shown in him by the newly-appointed Warnock, after Peter Whittingham had opened the scoring with a 25th-minute penalty.Lee Tomlin grabbed a goal for the Robins but it was in vain as the home side saw off the late pressure to pick up the victory.
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A crazy couple of minutes in Cardiff!
Sol Bamba’s @CardiffCityFC goal cancelled out by a Lee Tomlin strike, 2-1. pic.twitter.com/VkGoLOSaR8
Elsewhere on Friday night, at the City Ground, Nottingham Forest ended their six-game winless run against Birmingham City.
Goals from substitutes, Apostolos Vellios and Hildeberto Pereira followed up Eric Lichaj's first-half strike to cancel out a Lukas Jutkiewicz goal and seal a 3-1 win.
The two sides made strides up the Sky Bet Championship table ahead of Saturday's action, with Cardiff up four places, and Forest up five.
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