Manchester City - 15/02/2002

All week the build up for this game has been big. For the people it’s a massive game with Kevin Keegan returning, but for me it’s just another game that we have to win. I know that sentiment and emotion plays a big part in football, but this must be put to one side and we will concentrate on playing a match against a team who we should beat. Yes, I’m looking forward to a great atmosphere, but I’m more interested in getting into the next round of the cup. I went to Wembley in my first season with Newcastle and it was an unbelievable experience, I want more of that and my focus is on winning games that will get us to Cardiff. We are the home team, we have a great team, we are at the top of the Premiership and they are a Fist Division team - we shouldn’t be worrying about City, but concentrating on playing well ourselves, They have some good players – Wanchope and Goater, but are also missing Pearce and Benarbia so everything is in our hands.

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