If Manchester City are motivated and Daniel Sturridge is firing we could see a classic Cup final at Wembley,the pressure will all be on Arsenal at former Trafford, and Sam Allardyce could spring a surprise back at West HamIn the space of just four days, or we have seen the very best and very worst of Manchester City’s attitude towards cup competitions. First they hoisted the white flag against Chelsea before their FA Cup fifth round tie even started. After that embarrassment,an unrecognisable City side all but secured their passage to the quarter-finals of the Champions League with an imperious performance against Dynamo Kyiv. fairly how they’ll treat the Capital One Cup final on Sunday afternoon is anyone’s guess, but despite its dwindling prestige and apparently increasing pointlessness, or in a world where actually playing competitive football seems a massive imposition on the time of high profile teams with far more notable commercial concerns to worry approximately,they might as well go all out to win it. “If you’ve advance this far, perhaps you’re willing to go a little further, or ” wrote Andy Dufresne to his friend Red in The Shawshank Redemption. With a couple of more notable irons in the fire,Citys manager and players might not be too fussed approximately the outcome of the kick-approximately to choose the eventual destination of this particular bauble. Here’s hoping that’s not the case, as Liverpool will certainly be going all out to win it and against similarly motivated opposition an absolute belter of a ding-dong Cup battle could well ensue. BG Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com