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Premier League: Azkals’ Neil Etheridge plays hero in Cardiff draw with Newcastle

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/08/17/20180818-neil-etheridge.jpg"/><figcaption>Cardiff City goalkeeper Neil Etheridge celebrates with Callum Paterson after saving a penalty at Cardiff City Stadium in the Premier League on Saturday. Rebecca Naden, Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>Filipino goalkeeper Neil Etheridge saved a crucial penalty for Cardiff City in stoppage time for a goalless draw with 10-man Newcastle United in the English Premier League on Saturday.After Yoshinori Muto conceded a handball at the penalty spot, Newcastle were poised to spoil the home squad&#x27;s debut at Cardiff City Stadium.But Etheridge shot down the visitors&#x27; hopes after gloving Kenedy&#x27;s penalty, helping Cardiff collect their first point of the season.It was the second match in a row that Etheridge denied the opposition at the spot, following a similar exploit in a loss to Bournemouth on opening day.&quot;We could have won it, but with a penalty in the last minute I will take a point and be happy to move onto next week,&quot; Etheridge told Sky Sports.&quot;We don&#x27;t want that to become a regular occurrence [conceding and saving a penalty], but we deserved at least a point. We knew we would have a chance at home and needed to get points on the board.&quot;It is not easy to step up in the 90th minute and take a penalty, but today I came out victorious.&quot;For the match, Etheridge stopped six of Newcastle&#x27;s shots on goal, including four in the first half.<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/tvpatrol/08/17/2018081-neil-etheridge.jpg"/><figcaption>Cardiff City&#x27;s Neil Etheridge saves a penalty from Newcastle United&#x27;s Kenedy in the Premier League at Cardiff City Stadium on Saturday. Carl Recine, Action Images via Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>Kenedy , who should have been sent off in the first half for a wild kick out at Victor Camarasa and did not complete a single pass during the first 45 minutes, saw his nightmare afternoon ended with a poor penalty kept out by Etheridge.The lowlight among many midway through the second half was a reckless studs up challenge from behind by Newcastle&#x27;s Isaac Hayden on Josh Murphy, which saw the midfielder, who had only come on as a substitute at halftime, shown a straight red card.Newcastle, though, should have snatched the spoils despite being largely on the back foot against a blunt Cardiff attack when the 96th minute penalty was awarded after a cross was blocked in the area by Sean Morrison&#x27;s arm. (With reporting by Ian Chadband and editing by Christian Radnedge for Reuters)<div>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</div>

The Filipino goalkeeper saved a crucial penalty for Cardiff City in stoppage time for a scoreless draw with Newcastle on Saturday.

The Filipino goalkeeper saved a crucial penalty for Cardiff City in stoppage time for a scoreless draw with Newcastle on Saturday.