Cardiff manager Malky Mackay is confident his side can overturn West Ham's lead in the return leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.
Bluebirds boss has experienced play-off success as a player
Cardiff manager Malky Mackay is confident his side can overturn West Ham's lead in the return leg of their Championship play-off semi-final.
Mackay's side are heavy underdogs after going two goals down to a Jack Collison brace at the Cardiff City Stadium on Thursday night.
The Scot will be hoping his side can pull off a surprise result to taste play-off success, a feat he achieved as a player with both West Ham and Watford.
"Most people may now expect West Ham to make it through to the final - that could be a natural reaction I suppose," Mackay told Cardiff's
official club website.
Belief
"But myself and the team don't subscribe to that. We go into Monday afternoon trying to win the game.
"We have 90 minutes to score twice and, beyond that, to win the game. Right now we have a fighter's chance."
"We need to score, not necessarily early on, but we need to score first. If we do that then we get a toe hold back in the game again.
"We know it's a stiff test, we understand that. But it's still only half-time.
"We've got to go there and ease our way into the game, looking to nick the first goal, which could prove important.
"On Thursday they did and we didn't."
