Cardiff City manager, Steve Morison, called Saturday a 'bad day at the office' as the Royals came from behind to beat the Bluebirds.

Taking the lead on four minutes through Callum O'Dowda, a Shane Long penalty and Tom Ince screamer turned the game on its head to secure a first win of the season.

Speaking to the media after the game, the former Millwall stalwart could hardly disguise his frustration.

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"We didn't turn up," he started. "It is just frustrating because of how well we did last week and then how poor we were today.

"It's this league. Nearly everyone that won last week lost this week, apart from Blackburn. I think it is a very even league this year. Anyone can beat anyone.

"But if you drop your levels then you lose the game of football. We didn't perform to the same levels we performed at last week.

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"They're human beings at the end of the day and they're allowed a bad day at the office. Let's hope they're few and far between.

"We could've been two-nil up and growing in confidence, but they then went and scored the penalty and they had the belief.

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"The second goal was a screamer, but it was only because we gave them that confidence to do that.

"It's all a learning curve. We'll go again next week."