Cardiff and Bournemouth pay tribute to Sala before Premier League match

Cardiff City supporters paid emotional tributes to Emiliano Sala in the club's first home game since he disappeared.

Sala and pilot David Ibbotson were on a light aircraft that went missing over the Channel Islands on 21 January.

A mosaic in the national colours of the Argentine striker was displayed by fans during a minute's silence before Saturday's match against Bournemouth.

When Bobby Reid scored in the fifth minute for Cardiff, the players held aloft a t-shirt displaying Sala's face.

'Loved forever more'

Cardiff signed Sala from Nantes in a club-record deal during the transfer window but the plane carrying him and Ibbotson disappeared from radar on its way to Cardiff airport.

Prior to kick-off in Saturday's fixture, electronic advertising boards around the stadium displayed the words "For Emiliano" and "For David".

In the official match programme - which carried Sala's face on its cover - the club wrote: "Emiliano is not with us this afternoon but we are praying for him and David."

A banner held by fans read: "We never saw you play and never saw you score but Emiliano, our beautiful Bluebird, we will love you forever more."