It was tennis coach Brad Gilbert who wrote the book 'Winning Ugly', but when it comes to football the title belongs to Neil Warnock.There's nothing extravagant or fancy about how the 69-year-old is taking Cardiff towards what would be the eighth promotion of his 38-year management career.But after Kenneth Zohore's scruffy late goal settled a horrible Severnside derby his team stand only six points shy of once runaway Championshp leaders Wolves and with a four-point gap above Villa in third. Cardiff closed the gap at the top of the table thanks to a late winner from Kenneth Zohore Zohore came off the bench and rifled into an empty net from close with just eight minutes left RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Championship round-up: Aston Villa come from behind to edge... Cardiff squad to split potential £10M prize pot between... Share this article Share MATCH FACTS AND LEAGUE TABLE Cardiff (4-2-3-1): Etheridge 5.5; Connolly 5.5, Ecuele Manga 6, Bamba 6, Bennett 5.5; Halford 5.5, Ralls 6; Feeney 5.5 (Harris 73, 5), Paterson 6, Hoilett 6.5; Madine 5.5 (Zohore 45, 6);Subs not used: Murphy, Pilkington, Damour, Bryson, Grujic Goalscorers: Zohore (82)Booked: Connolly, HalfordManager: Neil Warnock 6.5 Bristol City (4-4-1-1): Fielding 5.5; Wright 6, Flint 6, Baker 6 (Kent 85), Magnusson 5.5; Brownhill 5, Reid 6, Smith 5.5, Bryan 6; Diedhiou 5.5 (Walsh 85), Diony 5 (Paterson 69, 5);Subs not used: Steele, Eliasson, Kelly, O'NeillGoalscorers: NONEBooked: Baker Manager: Lee Johnson 5 Referee: Paul Tierney 7Attendance: 21,018MoM: Holiett Season at a glance Live tables Fixtures Scores Championship Premier League Championship League One League Two Scottish Premiership Scottish Div 1 Scottish Div 2 Scottish Div 3 Ligue 1 Serie A La Liga Bundesliga More tables More fixtures More scores 'I said to them after the game: 'You do me proud', said Warnock. 'We have not got Rolls Royces in our team but by gum we have some endeavour.'It was never going to be pretty, the pitch was terrible, the wind was bad, it was the coldest day of the year.'But I said to them at half time that it will be a sloppy goal that settles it and to make sure it wasn't us that made the mistake for it to happen, and I was delighted to come out of it with three points.'Zohore, a Danish striker with an Ivory Coast dad who is a second cousin of Didier Drogba, had been left out of Warnock's starting line-up, but after coming on at half time was in the right place at the right time when a Joe Ralls cross spun into his path. Bristol City manager Lee Johnson smiles ahead of kick-off at the Cardiff City StadiumIt was one of the few moments of quality in a match of 38 fouls as City arrived with what seemed like a determination to get their retaliation in first.It's only a few weeks ago their young manager Lee Johnson won plaudits for going to the Etihad Stadium in the Carabao Cup semi-finals and taking on Pep Guardiola at his own free-flowing game.T