Bristol City manager Nigel Pearson:

"There wasn't much in the game. We conceded two goals from our own possession but we didn't create much. Cardiff might be doing okay but I wouldn't put them up with the best sides at all.

"In our recent games against Leeds, Ipswich are going well, Leicester - they're all games we lost by the odd goal.

"It's a competitive league and if you don't make good decisions on the pitch, sides will turn you over. It's more difficult when you've got a young and inexperienced bench.

"They (Cardiff) have not really created anything in the game. Most of their stuff has come from us turning the ball over.

"No-one here will look at that game and think Cardiff are a really good side compared to Bristol City. I don't think it was a game of a lot of a quality. It was a game with a team in a good seam that capitalised on our mistakes. They didn't outplay us."

Or is he right?