Barry-Murphy revels in 'memorable' Cardiff comeback against Burnley

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ShareCardiff City found themselves three goals down to Burnley in the 62nd minute, but the Bluebirds roared to claim a superb 5-4 win.Brian Barry-Murphy lauded his Cardiff City players for their "memorable" comeback against Burnley, having fought back from 4-1 down to stun the Clarets with a 5-4 win.Burnley, who had won just two of their previous 43 league games ahead of their trip to the Cardiff City Stadium, found themselves two goals to the good within 25 minutes. Andreas Hountondji and Marcus Edwards put the Clarets in a commanding position, but Ollie Tanner pulled one back for the hosts five minutes before the break. However, Fabio Celestini's side pulled further ahead with two more goals, with Largie Ramazani's strike followed up by an own goal from Alex Robertson just after the hour.Yousef Salech made an instant impact off the bench to pull one back for Cardiff, and they got within one of their opponents through Jack Moylan's 75th-minute penalty. Salech scored his second eight minutes from time to level things up, and the sensational comeback was completed by Robertson, who atoned for his earlier error with a 94th-minute strike that beat Gregoire Coudert and picked out the top-right corner."It's a very memorable day," Barry-Murphy said. "Even at 4-1 we felt we could be dangerous, but we obviously knew of the consequences if we didn't."We had a lot of players playing who normally wouldn't have played. Perry [Ng] was playing with one leg, Kristian Bielik wasn't fit, Will Fish and Alex Robertson the same."It felt like a throwback to days gone by in that sense."From the moment we got the second goal, I felt as though we had become a very dangerous team, and the players' belief was very evident."We have a very small squad that is stretched very thin, but we still have lots of attacking players who are so willing to learn and improve."It was a game filled with drama, with Cardiff racking up an expected goals total of 4.65 from 25 attempts, compared to Burnley's tally of 2.3 xG from 15 shots at goal. Cardiff ensured they did not lose back-to-back league games against Burnley for the first time since April 1977, but it was yet more misery for the Clarets. Burnley remain inside the relegation zone on 10 points, level with Derby County, who ended their own winless league run with a 3-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Friday. Celestini, however, was bemused by the lack of fight and endeavour from his players, adding that squandering a three-goal lead showed the fragility within his squad. "When it is 4-1, you have to control the game. We have to talk about what went wrong, live, it is very difficult to understand because you are emotional," Celestini conceded. "Maybe we have to understand where we are and what our situation is. I can understand if there is fragility at 1-0, but it cannot happen at 4-1."It's very difficult to accept the situation, but in the last two games the team was more consistent."Normally, you don't need to score four or five times to win a game, but that's the reality."Cardiff City found themselves three goals down to Burnley in the 62nd minute, but the Bluebirds roared to claim a superb 5-4 win.Brian Barry-Murphy lauded his Cardiff City players for their "memorable" comeback against Burnley, having fought back from 4-1 down to stun the Clarets with a 5-4 win.Burnley, who had won just two of their previous 43 league games ahead of their trip to the Cardiff City Stadium, found themselves two goals to the good within 25 minutes. Andreas Hountondji and Marcus Edwards put the Clarets in a commanding position, but Ollie Tanner pulled one back for the hosts five minutes before the break. However, Fabio Celestini's side pulled further ahead with two more goals, with Largie Ramazani's strike followed up by an own goal from Alex Robertson just after the hour.Yousef Salech made an instant impact off the bench to pull one back for Cardiff, and they got within one of their opponents through Jack Moylan's 75th-minute penalty. Salech scored his second eight minutes from time to level things up, and the sensational comeback was completed by Robertson, who atoned for his earlier error with a 94th-minute strike that beat Gregoire Coudert and picked out the top-right corner."It's a very memorable day," Barry-Murphy said. "Even at 4-1 we felt we could be dangerous, but we obviously knew of the consequences if we didn't."We had a lot of players playing who normally wouldn't have played. Perry [Ng] was playing with one leg, Kristian Bielik wasn't fit, Will Fish and Alex Robertson the same."It felt like a throwback to days gone by in that sense."From the moment we got the second goal, I felt as though we had become a very dangerous team, and the players' belief was very evident."We have a very small squad that is stretched very thin, but we still have lots of attacking players who are so willing to learn and improve."It was a game filled with drama, with Cardiff racking up an expected goals total of 4.65 from 25 attempts, compared to Burnley's tally of 2.3 xG from 15 shots at goal. Cardiff ensured they did not lose back-to-back league games against Burnley for the first time since April 1977, but it was yet more misery for the Clarets. Burnley remain inside the relegation zone on 10 points, level with Derby County, who ended their own winless league run with a 3-1 win over Bolton Wanderers on Friday. Celestini, however, was bemused by the lack of fight and endeavour from his players, adding that squandering a three-goal lead showed the fragility within his squad. "When it is 4-1, you have to control the game. We have to talk about what went wrong, live, it is very difficult to understand because you are emotional," Celestini conceded. "Maybe we have to understand where we are and what our situation is. I can understand if there is fragility at 1-0, but it cannot happen at 4-1."It's very difficult to accept the situation, but in the last two games the team was more consistent."Normally, you don't need to score four or five times to win a game, but that's the reality."