Cardiff City snatched a dramatic point in injury time through new signing Yousef Salech to seal a 2-2 draw at Millwall.

First-half goals from Calum Scanlon and Casper De Norre looked to have been enough to see off the Bluebirds, who scored through a cracking Chris Willock effort on the stroke of half-time.

It seemed like Cardiff would leave the English capital empty handed - before Salech announced himself as a new City hero deep into stoppage time.

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The result extends Cardiff's unbeaten run to seven matches.

Omer Riza was in attendance at the game, despite his heartbreaking past few days which saw his father pass away last Thursday, and took his place on the sidelines despite his red card at the weekend.

There is always a fear after a huge game such as the derby that teams can be left emotionally and physically drained.

And that seemed to be the case here against the Lions, despite changes to the starting XI.

Riza decided to freshen up his line-up with five changes to the team that beat Swansea, with Joel Bagan, Manolis Siopis, Rubin Colwill, Willock and Yakou Méïté drafted in from the off, with Joe Ralls and Cian Ashford dropping to the bench.

The game was just a minute old before the hosts were ahead. Scanlon found himself on the left-hand side after a bit of pinball in midfield and his rifled left-footed shot beat Jak Alnwick for power and pace, despite the attentions of Andy Rinomhota.

The away team were caught cold but they tried their best to get back into the contest, first through Meite’s effort from range then Callum Robinson’s shot from an angle after good link-up play with Colwill.

But their confidence was punctured again just before the 20-minute mark. Brilliant work from Raees Bangura-Williams saw him skin Manolis Siopis to cut the ball back to de Norre who slotted neatly into the bottom left-hand corner.

Cardiff needed a reaction, but they didn’t get one. The hosts continued to keep the visitors at arm’s length and were happy for them to keep possession, such was their bluntness in the final third.

Colwill put a couple of balls into the box but found no-one to attack them. With the clock ticking down to half-time, it looked like the game was slipping away from Cardiff but they grabbed themselves a life line seconds before the referee’s whistle. Willock came in possession of the ball on the edge of the Millwall box and with a couple of touches shifted the ball out from his feet to bend the ball into the far corner. Frankly, they didn't really deserve it.

Riza chose not to make any changes at the turnaround and the away team certainly started the second period better than they did the first. Robinson had a sight at goal but Lukas Jensen in the Millwall goal was equal to it.

Bangura-Williams continued to be a thorn in Cardiff's side - nutmegging Siopis in stylish fashion - but there was definitely more urgency about the boys in light blue. Willock again tried his luck from range but his left-footed effort was always drifting wide.

Perry Ng was introduced to replace Siopis, who had a bit of a difficult evening in truth, as Cardiff continued to pressure the hosts, who looked increasingly nervous as the clock ticked down.

Stoppages appeared to break Cardiff's momentum, however, and the home side increasingly managed to get back into the arm wrestle. Salech and Ashford were thrown on with 20 minutes to go in an attempt to salvage something from the trip.

They were quickly joined by Will Fish and Anwar El Ghazi as the Bluebirds chased the game. The latter had a chance to level matters with just over five minutes to go but his sweet free-kick was just wide of the angle. There was still time for Jensen to palm away a Salech header and for the new signing to put another just over from a brilliant El Ghazi cross.

Then, in injury time, he made amends to send Cardiff home with a point after poking home late, late in the piece to cue bedlam in the away end.

Millwall: Jensen, Cooper, Tanganga, Bryan, Langstaff, Leonard, Watmore, Saville, De Norre, Bangura-Williams, Scanlon.

Subs: Roberts, McNamara, Wallace, Hutchinson, Mitchell, Connolly, Ivanovic, Honeyman, Crama.

Cardiff City: Alnwick, Rinomhota, Goutas, Daland, Bagan, Chambers, Siopis, R Colwill, Willock, Méïté, Robinson.

Subs: Horvath, Ng, Fish, Giles, Ralls, El Ghazi, Ashford, Salech, Pearce.

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