MOST footballers are told to keep their eye on the ball from a very early age.
Unfortunately for Cardiff, Ethan Horvath must have skipped that lesson.
The Bluebirds started well against a relegated Burnley side who are widely tipped to win the Championship.
But an absolute howler from their American No1 gifted the Clarets the lead after nine minutes.
Dimitrios Goutas played the ball to Horvath, who looked upfield to judge his options only to forget about the ball.
He tried in vain to keep it out but was too late.
The only positive was that he got a nick on the ball to save Goutas from the own-goal.
Viewers rushed to social media to share their views.
One said: “Great, now this clip is gonna be added to all those ‘worst keeper moments of all time’ videos on tiktok.”
Another added: “Ethan Horvath with the worst mistake we’ve seen from an American GK since Zack Steffen against Liverpool.”
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A Cardiff fan moaned: “Horvath Christ mun. We’ve been brilliant up untill this point as well.”
Cardiff almost got back level as Yakou Meite raced clear but the forward struck the post.
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New signing Wilfried Kanga then had a goal chalked off before the Clarets doubled their lead through Luca Koleosho.
Cardiff are now looking at back-to-back defeats to start their season.
They travel to bitter South Wales rivals Swansea on Sunday.
It should be mentioned that Horvath, 29, has been impressive since winning the No1 shirt last season.
And he will hope to repay fans by helping to sink the Swans next week.
