Hull City 1-0 Cardiff City: Callum Robinson penalty saved as Bluebirds beaten by Tigers

Callum Robinson's first-half miss means Cardiff have failed to score all three of their Championship penalties this season

Callum Robinson saw a first-half penalty saved as Cardiff City suffered a narrow Championship defeat at Hull City.

The Republic of Ireland forward saw his effort kept out by Tigers goalkeeper Matt Ingram as Sabri Lamouchi suffered a second loss in four days as the new Bluebirds manager.

Cardiff are now just two points above the bottom three after Cyrus Christie struck a 62nd-minute winner.

It was a fourth win in six for the home side, who jump up into the top half.

Liam Rosenior's Tigers have been clawing their way from danger and they were close to the lead when Regan Slater's deflected shot struck the inside of the post.

Centre-half Alfie Jones then headed over as Hull kept up the pressure before Cardiff had a gilt-edged chance to go in front.

Jaden Philogene was brought down by Callum Elder and Robinson stepped up from the spot, only for Ingram to guess correctly and push it away diving low to his right.

It was the third penalty the Bluebirds have been given in the Championship this season and they have now missed all three.

Robinson missed in a defeat at Huddersfield in September and Joe Ralls failed at Sunderland in October, and it is a terrible statistic for a team struggling to score goals.

That came back to haunt them just past the hour mark when Christie got forward from right-back and cut inside to curl one into the far corner with his left foot.

By this stage, Lamouchi had thrown on new Bluebirds' striker Sory Kaba, the Guinea international on loan from Danish club FC Midtjylland.

He had a late chance for a debut goal but was crowded out by a combination of Ingram and the Hull defence.

Cardiff's winless run stretches to 11 games, with only one goal in the last seven, as Lamouchi sees the task at hand for the Championship's lowest scorers.

Hull City head coach Liam Rosenior told BBC Radio Humberside:

"I'm delighted because in the Championship you have to show two sides to your game to be consistent.

"Obviously we're playing good football at times, but what you need is character and resilience and fight. We're difficult to score against, we're hard to beat and that gives us a real platform to do well in this league.

"The lads need to look at how we've improved. We were conceding a lot of goals before we came in and that's another clean sheet and it's not just down to Matty [Ingram] and the defenders.

Cardiff City manager Sabri Lamouchi:

"Big frustration tonight, one more time, because it's a bad result but not a bad performance.

"Unfortunately we are in a bad moment and in a bad moment we might be more patient, more realistic, more pragmatic, to do the simple things, take the right decisions and score when they give us the opportunity to score.

"That's why we are frustrated. We have to show the players that our performance was not so bad. I like the last 25 minutes in the first half and the spirit in the second half. But we should be more aggressive in the two boxes."

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