Mancini’s teenies are top of the class

Posted Friday, October 28, 2011 by The Sun

Mancini’s teenies are top of the class
IMPRESSED ... Nigel de Jong

With their last-eight place in the Carling Cup now booked, FA Cup holders City are eyeing a return to Wembley in February.

De Jong said: "Winning the FA Cup as a group last year has only made us hungry for more success because the enjoyment we had after is something no one forgets.

"Every player in the squad wants that same feeling again.

"The Carling Cup, with all respect, is the smallest cup out there on the UK basis. But a prize is still a prize.

"You've got to start somewhere and we started great last season with winning the FA Cup and doing well in the Premier League — and now we are doing well in the Carling Cup. We just have to go for every prize. The Carling Cup is the shortest way to success."

City have now hit 21 goals in five games since the Carlos Tevez fiasco in Munich.

De Jong added: "Of course the team is an absolute joy to play in. I'm just as excited as everybody else.

"I'm not one who scores goals and I'm not scoring goals but I think that I am even more excited than the goalscorers themselves.

"It's just a matter of time before I will score my second goal for City.

"These are exciting times — the goals are divided as well among the midfield players as well as the attacking players so, if the group can maintain this, we will keep everybody happy as well.

"Everybody who plays football knows if you win every game by four or five goals, it's an enjoyment in itself.

"For us, if it is the Carling Cup or the FA Cup or whatever, it doesn't matter — it's just the same feeling."

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