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Rotherham 5-2 Cardiff: Nat Phillips ends season on low, Leeds should avoid

Phillips’ Cardiff side faced relegated Rotherham United on the final day away from home and it was an afternoon to forget for the Bluebirds and the centre-back did score his first goal for the club with a header.

The Millers have been virtually unstoppable in their fight to stay in the Championship this season, but with Steve Evans back in charge, they put in a five-star performance to beat Phillips’ Cardiff 5-2.

Phillips was hardly at fault for the first four goals Rotherham put away, but he helped add insult to injury when he chased down a loose ball towards his own goal before pushing a weak back pass straight into the path of to Tom Eaves for goal number five.

He won 8/9 of his nine aerial duels, but a comical error meant he and Cardiff conceded nine in the last two games of the season after being hammered by Middlesbrough – where he was responsible for two of the goals in cause of faulty positioning.