Cardiff City boss Sabri Lamouchi blasted his relegation-threatened side's 'bad attitude' in the first half of their home defeat against Sunderland. The Black Cats dominated the opening 45 minutes in South Wales to the extent that, rather than wait until half-time, Lamouchi made a double substitution 10 minutes before the break - and afterwards said he wished he had made the changes sooner.
Sunderland did not turn their first-half superiority into goals, but Dennis Cirkin scored from close range on the hour and that goal was enough to settle matters. "When you lose, you are always disappointed," said Lamouchi, who was appointed at the end of January when Cardiff were already in real relegation trouble.
"But I am more disappointed about the first half - the second was a little bit better and we faced some situations to come back into the game. We can't concede the goal in the second half like that, we can't start the game in this way.
