Barnsley boss Mark Robins revealed he wanted Carl Dickinson to hand over free-kick duties before the defender struck a last-minute winner against Cardiff.
Cardiff defender Mark Hudson handled the ball and Dickinson's 20-yard free-kick in the third minute of stoppage-time took a deflection off Michael Chopra in the visitors' wall on its way into the net. There was only just time for Cardiff to restart the match, as Dickinson's first goal for Barnsley secured all three points.
Robins said: "You can call it lucky but you play to the end of the game and we've been given a free-kick. I was desperately trying to get Carl off it but he strode up and hit it. To score the winner in the last minute gives the fans something to think about."
He added: "I thought we played excellently and played some good stuff. We created a few chances. Today was going to be about who defended the set-pieces better and we got our goal from a set-piece.
"We picked up where we left off against Sheffield United. We've got we deserved and we've moved the ball around well in difficult conditions."
Cardiff boss Dave Jones was disappointed with the late winner.
Jones said: "It's a cruel way to lose a football match. Some time it will go for us and we've got to take our chances.
"It looked like it was going to be 0-0. We didn't get the ball down to clear it and it rolled and hit his arm. Last year we missed out on promotion on goal difference. Some players need to learn to have a bit more control, be disciplined and take a point. Both defences were good and neither team's attackers did anything."
