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DANNY MILLS: We were top of the league at Leeds when third tier Cardiff knocked us out of the FA Cup, Perhaps Jesse Marsch's men get set the record straight when the two sides meet on Sunday

Daily Mail | January 8, 2023

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We arrived in Wales on the back of three straight wins and sitting top of the Premier League.

It was an exciting young Leeds team under David O’Leary and we had reached the semi-finals of the Champions League the previous season.

Heading to Ninian Park, Cardiff were 10th in the third tier and we may have been a bit complacent.

Danny Mills recalls a 'hostile atmosphere' when Cardiff beat Leeds in the 2002 FA Cup

Mark Viduka put us 1-0 up early on but Rio Ferdinand went off injured, Graham Kavanagh equalised and Alan Smith was dismissed before half-time.

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