LONDON: Cardiff's Malaysian chairman Datuk Chan Tien Ghee insists his club will use the pain of their League Cup final defeat against Liverpool as motivation to win promotion to the Premier League.
Tien Ghee was at Wembley on Sunday to see his Championship club give Liverpool an almighty scare in a dramatic match which the Bluebirds only lost when Anthony Gerrard missed the decisive spot-kick in the penalty shoot-out.
Despite the agonising nature of Cardiff's defeat, Tien Ghee believes Malky Mackay's players should take great heart from the way they battled against a team packed with international stars.
"It was a disappointing way to lose of course but we feel we had the moral victory and we are very happy," he said.
With the League Cup final out of the way, Cardiff's sole focus is promotion.
They are still firmly in the hunt for a place in the Premier League -- they currently occupy the final Championship play-off berth -- and Tien Ghee wants his side to erase their Wembley woe by clinching a berth in the top-flight.
"I just extended Malky's contract. This shows I am here for the long term and I just want to see this club go up. We are going to do our very best to do that," he said.
Tien Ghee, who was part of a consortium headed by multi-millionaire Malaysian owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan that purchased the Welsh club in 2010, has seen the Bluebirds beaten twice at Wembley now after they also lost in the play-off final against Blackpool two years ago.
And he admitted the prospect of another Wembley visit for the Championship play-offs might be more than his heart can take, so he is holding out hope of automatic promotion instead.
Despite the agonising nature of Cardiff's defeat, Tien Ghee believes Malky Mackay's players should take great heart from the way they battled against a team packed with international stars.
"It was a disappointing way to lose of course but we feel we had the moral victory and we are very happy," he said.
With the League Cup final out of the way, Cardiff's sole focus is promotion.
They are still firmly in the hunt for a place in the Premier League -- they currently occupy the final Championship play-off berth -- and Tien Ghee wants his side to erase their Wembley woe by clinching a berth in the top-flight.
"I just extended Malky's contract. This shows I am here for the long term and I just want to see this club go up. We are going to do our very best to do that," he said.
Tien Ghee, who was part of a consortium headed by multi-millionaire Malaysian owner Tan Sri Vincent Tan that purchased the Welsh club in 2010, has seen the Bluebirds beaten twice at Wembley now after they also lost in the play-off final against Blackpool two years ago.
And he admitted the prospect of another Wembley visit for the Championship play-offs might be more than his heart can take, so he is holding out hope of automatic promotion instead.
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