Derby hero Michael Chopra revealed: "I woke up this morning thinking I could get a hat-trick, or even four goals - but I'll settle for two!"
Chopra's 92nd-minute winner sealed a dramatic win over derby rivals Swansea which sent the Bluebirds six points clear of the fifth-placed Swans and three behind third-placed Forest.
Chops said: "Our performance was brilliant. You've got to give a lot of credit to the other lads, not just me. Fair enough, I might get the headlines for scoring the goals but I've got 10 other players in the team who get behind me and if it weren't for them we wouldn't be winning games.
"I love scoring goals that's what I get paid to do and it's why the manager spent a lot of money on me at the beginning of the season - to come in and score goals.
"We knew that even if we went behind, with the belief in our ability we could come back. We showed that down at Swansea earlier this season - when we went two down we managed to get two back and it was unlucky that we didn't go on to win the game.
"We were determined that they wouldn't do the double over us. We didn't want to be the first Cardiff team in 80 years or whatever it is to be beaten twice in a season by Swansea.
"Jay takes all the knocks and I do the easy part. Jay's been fantastic throughout the season. He's been playing with niggles and knocks and today he got hit on the nose. He's been brilliant and a lot of credit to him for setting me up for the first one.
"With the second goal, I knew from the first one that if I could sneak around the back a little bit they might go to sleep. I caught them out on the first one and I managed to do that on the second one.
"The main thing is we've got three points and we're consolidating our place in the play-offs. That's massive for us - we've got to keep winning games and then nobody will catch us. We've got another big game at Forest on Monday and we'll prepare properly for that.
"And I hope our good run will take pressure off the chairman, who's been blamed for a lot of things lately. What's been happening isn't his fault.
"What happened last season was disappointing and a shock to everyone and we knew this season that we weren't going to let that affect us."
