The visitors dominated for long periods and manager Malky Mackay will be disappointed Cardiff did not record their 26th victory of the season in Lancashire.The Clarets boss made changes at the break, with Junior Stanislas replaced by Edgar and Martin Paterson coming on for Ross Wallace in a bid to bolster his side's midfield which had been overrun in the first 45 minutes.Mackay left talisman Craig Bellamy on the bench but the visitors enjoyed the better of the opening exchanges and striker Rudy Gestede let fly with a long-range shot which flew narrowly over the Burnley crossbar.Mackay's decision to bring Bellamy off the bench was a compliment to the way the home side had reorganised as Burnley began to exert pressure of their own.And it was Bellamy's replacement Conway who broke the deadlock when he beat three Burnley defenders with a superb right-footed curler into the corner of keeper Lee Grant's net midway through the first half.David Marshall pulled off a superb save for Cardiff in the dying moments when he pushed Danny Ings' shot past his left-hand post, but the Cardiff keeper could do nothing about Edgar's header which salvaged a late point for Burnley.Burnley failed to have a single shot of note on the visitors' goal and Dyche would have been happy to get his side back in the dressing room only 1-0 behind at half-time.
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