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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Wolverine GTR" data-source="post: 23712265" data-attributes="member: 158020">Tottenham 1 Cardiff City 0: Dier  seals victory for unconvincing Spurs   <img src="https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1/2018/10/06/15/4819054-6247121-image-a-111_1538835680328.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />   Eric Dier scored the only goal as Tottenham edged 10-man Cardiff in a scrappy  Premier League contest at Wembley on Saturday.Dier's goal after eight minutes  should have set Spurs on the road to a comfortable victory against a club yet to  record a top-flight victory this season.    But that was as good as it got for the hosts, who wasted further goalscoring  opportunities and survived periods of sustained Cardiff pressure.   The Welsh club's hopes of snatching a result faded when Joe Ralls was sent  off for an appalling challenge on Lucas Moura, with Spurs holding on for the  three points.Keen to bounce back from a 4-2 Champions League defeat at home to  Barcelona on Wednesday, Spurs made a flying start.   A Davinson Sanchez header from a corner landed at the feet of Joe Bennett,  who could not shape himself for a clearance before England midfielder Dier  prodded home.   The Bluebirds threatened a response in the 23rd minute, when Josh Murphy  demonstrated his pace before lifting the ball over Hugo Lloris, only for Toby  Alderweireld to impressively clear off the line under pressure from Junior  Hoilett.    Tottenham should have added to Dier's strike in the closing stages of the  first half, when Lucas placed a shot just wide of the left-hand post and Son  Heung-min – the architect of his team-mate's chance – blazed over from a  promising position just inside the Cardiff box.The Cardiff goal came under  threat once more soon after the restart, with Neil Etheridge pushing a Harry  Kane header into the path of Lucas, whose shot was blocked on the line by Sean  Morrison.   The task facing Neil Warnock's side got tougher just short of the hour mark,  though, when Ralls hacked down Lucas in full flow, earning a red card from  referee Mike Dean.   Lloris had to be alert to keep out a Morrison header that would have earned  an unlikely, yet deserved point, and Mauricio Pochettino will want to see  improvements after the international break.</blockquote>

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