Ahead of the Blues’ fourth-round match with Crystal Palace in the League Cup on Wednesday, Iheanacho, 19, says playing at the national stadium is a long-standing ambition.
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Teenage forwards Kelechi Iheanacho, who scored the victor against Palace in the Premier League, and summer signing Patrick Roberts are among those in contention to feature on Wednesday evening as City continue to deal with injuries.
“When you play the final of a cup at Wembley with 90,000 people, I think it’s always a very important cup”.
“It’s very hard with young players because you don’t know the way they carry on improving their performance but it’s very important not to think because you arrive with the first team you are ready as a professional player”. Palace have an impressive away record under Pardew, but City will have enough quality in the final third to take their chances to put the game beyond the reach of the Eagles.
The Chilean and his side will have set their sights on regaining the Premier League crown and winning the Champions League, but a trophy win in the competition could ease the pressure on the Citizens going into the end of the campaign as it did two seasons ago. What I don’t like is to go to play games away and trying to draw.
City will again be without Sergio Aguero, David Silva, Gael Clichy, Fabian Delph and Samir Nasri, while Fernandinho is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season in the derby draw with Manchester United.
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“He’s a player that must work a lot but I think he’s a player that has important options in the future. We have important players that, maybe not in one month but in a couple of years, will play in the first team”. “I hope that tomorrow we can return to our normal performance”.
