Robert Glatzel has paid tribute to Lee Tomlin for the astonishing assist that helped rescue a draw for Cardiff City at Leeds United.

The 10-man Bluebirds snatched a point when they shrugged off the setback of Sean Morrison’s sending off to level at 3-3 through Glatzel with two minutes to go.

It was a composed finish but the volleyed pass from Tomlin – who had already produced a superb individual goal to begin the fightback – was a sublime piece of skill and Glatzel said: “Tommo is an unbelievable player.

“He always has these tricks and he’s always ready to do something special, so it’s good to have him in the team.

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“On a personal note, it feels good to have come back onto the pitch, and to get a goal and the result was great.

“Leeds played some very good football and it was difficult going up against them, but it was wonderful the way that we came back and in the end it was a well-deserved point for us.

“We’ve had to show our character a couple of times this season to get a result, now we just need to work on not getting into these situations.

“We need to try to be better over the full 90 minutes and not just in the second half, but as I said we’re happy with the point and ready for the next game.”

 

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Leeds had taken a firm grip on the game when Helder Costa and Patrick Bamford scored within the first eight minutes and they looked to be cruising when Bamford converted a penalty that he had won seven minutes into the second half.

But Tomlin pulled a goal back after 60 minutes and then Morrison struck with a header with eight minutes to go before he was sent off for violent conduct four minutes later.

Manager Neil Harris hailed Cardiff’s ability to hang in there and said: “Leeds are a great side, the energy they have, the ability they have and the forward runs they have make them a great side.

“They are one of the best sides I have seen in the Championship in years. They were better than us, but we gave them a leg up, we gave poor goals away and their penalty was debatable.

“The boys have shown great character to come from behind, but we cannot give good teams a start and shoot ourselves in the foot.

“We got off to a bad start, Leeds are very dangerous on the counterattack and we did not box off the edge of the box as well as we should have done.

“Lee Tomlin’s goal was a brilliant finish, he has got great ability and that moment got us back into it. I have got 11 points from my six games in charge so I am really pleased with that return. The message is getting across and the confidence is growing.”