Deadball specialist Paul Gallagher wants to take a leaf out of Peter Whittingham's book when Leicester City travel to Cardiff City for the second leg of their Championship play-off semi-final tomorrow.

Whittingham's 77th-minute strike was all that divided the two teams in Sunday's first leg and Gallagher would love to match that at the new Cardiff City Stadium.

The 25-year-old winger has scored seven for City this term, including the club's goal of the season against Nottingham Forest back in February.

Gallagher said: "I'll try my best and I just wish I could have scored on Sunday.

"I thought I had one when I chested the ball down and volleyed it. But it hit a hand and the referee waved it away.

"It was disappointing to concede the goal because I thought we defended the set-plays well. It looked like he (Whittingham) was lining up to cross, which he had done all game, which we had dealt with it. This time, he's gambled and it has gone in."

Gallagher says there is still a lot of football to play in the semi-final and believes City supporters can still dream of going to Wembley to watch their side.

"We will give it our best shot," he said. "I'm sure we will take a lot of fans there and can keep the dream alive."

Gallagher believes holding a first-leg advantage might even work against the Welsh side. "There will be some who are probably thinking they have already got there and we can give them a big surprise," he said.

City will be looking for a win at the third attempt at Cardiff this season after losing 2-1 in the league and succumbing 4-2 in the FA Cup.

"There is still a lot of football to play. We've got a decent away record and we feel we should have got something from the two previous games," said Gallagher.

"It wasn't really our day on Sunday but hopefully Wednesday will be. We've bounced back from defeats before and we have to go there with confidence.

"People will say we are the underdogs now, but if they get too complacent we can hit them on the counter-attack. Wherever we go, we create chances and score goals."