CARDIFF CITY 2
Wintle 90+5, O’Dowda 90+10
IPSWICH TOWN 1
Moore 79
KIERAN McKenna hit out at “erratic” time-keeping in the Championship as his Ipswich side suffered stoppage-time heartache at Cardiff.
The Tractor Boys appeared to be heading back to second spot after Kieffer Moore’s fine finish against his old club 11 minutes from time.
But Ryan Wintle equalised in the fifth added minute and it got worse for Ipswich as Cardiff claimed a fourth successive win.
With eight minutes of stoppage time added, Callum O’Dowda volleyed home in the tenth extra minute played to leave Ipswich one point behind Leeds – 2-0 winners at Sheffield Wednesday on Friday.
Ipswich boss McKenna said: “I haven’t given any thought to the eight minutes, but it is inconsistent this year. It is erratic. There have been some games where I’ve thought there have been lots of stoppages and maybe you get plus-five. Other games there have been much less.
“I can’t say it was wrong today, but it has been inconsistent this season.”
Early on, Cardiff ’s Karlan Grant set up Josh Wilson-Esbrand for an opening blocked by Luke Woolfenden’s intervention and Vaclav Hladaky held on to Josh Bowler’s drive at the second attempt.
Ipswich did not look like a side that had scored in 12 consecutive games.
Moore had managed an early header collected with ease by Ethan Horvath – Ipswich’s solitary on-target effort in the opening period – while the towering target man flicked wide after Wes Burns had raided down the right.
Ipswich began to get a foothold in the contest as halftime approached, but Cardiff went
