Purse's two goals were not enough for a Cardiff win

The Bluebirds' four-game goal drought ended after three minutes as captain Purse's knee connected with Kevin McNaughton's cross from six yards out.

Macken poked in from a Gary Roberts corner after the break, but Jason De Vos fouled Steven Thompson to give Purse his second goal from the spot.

Chris Gunter then fouled Roberts to concede a penalty, Roberts converting.

"I don't think ours was a penalty and, after seeing it again, I don't believe they should have been awarded one either. Maybe the referee was looking to even things out.

"We just have to dog it from now until January because we are down to the bare bones.

"It was always going to be nervy as we are not playing well, so we have to work that much harder on the training field.

"Hopefully we can hang on until the transfer window opens when I might be able to bring a few players in."

"We started slowly and were a bit scrappy to begin with but we came out in the second half to equalise fairly quickly.

"Then the referee made a shocking decision to award them a penalty and we had to come from behind once again.

"It would have been a travesty if we had come away with nothing after that performance."

Cardiff: Alexander, McNaughton, Purse, Johnson, Gunter, Ledley, Scimeca, Wright (Cooper 62), Kamara (Glombard 75), Chopra, Campbell (Thompson 62).
Subs Not Used: Loovens, Howard.

Goals: Purse 3, 66 pen.

Ipswich: Price, Bruce, Naylor, De Vos, Harding, Williams, Garvan, Legwinski, Roberts (Richards 90), Macken, Haynes (Clarke 77).
Subs Not Used: Supple, Walton, Peters.

Booked: Williams.

Goals: Macken 48, Roberts 73 pen.

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