Anthony Pilkington took the headlines by getting on the scoresheet three times, twice in the right net and once with an own goal.
Here's how a selection of national newspapers reported the game.
Daily Star
Cardiff winger
Anthony Pilkington scored three times – but only two were at the right end.
For the visitors Rotherham,
it was an important point in their battle to retain their Championship status.
Pilkington had given Cardiff
the lead, but the Bluebirds were trailing after a joe Newell equaliser and
Pilkington’s own goal either side of half-time.
Pilkington made amends for
his error by bringing the home side level but neither team could find a winner.
Sunday Express
Russell Slade has warned his
Cardiff side they are running out of time to put together a run for the
play-off places.
He saw Anthony Pilkington get
on the scoresheet three times, but only two came at the right end, with Joe
Newell scoring Rotherham’s other goal.
Boss Slade said: We are not
going to have too many more opportunities like that before the season ends.”
Sunday Mirror
Anthony Pilkington scored the
kind of hat-trick that leaves a striker holding regrets instead of the
match-ball.
Two cool finishes would have
put Cardiff in sniffing distance of the play-offs – and deepened Rotherham’s
relegation fears – had he not deflected a visitors’ corner into his own net.
The Bluebirds did have Lee
Peltier sent off for two clumsy fouls, but Rotherham deserved their draw which
lifts them a point above the drop zone.
Sun
Anthony Pilkington went from
hero to zero and back again as 10-man City denied Rotherham a vital win.
The Republic of Ireland flier
found the net three times, though one was an unlucky own goal.
Cardiff hitman Pilkington’s
second was enough for the draw as he relished his new striker role to keep
Cardiff chasing a play-off spot and the Millers just one point above the drop
zone.
