Big defender Sami Hyypia thinks we face a tough challenge against Birmingham City in the Carling Cup despite crushing the Blues 7-0 in the FA Cup quarter-finals last season.
He said: “The Birmingham lads who played in that cup tie last season and had to suffer that 7-0 defeat will remember the match and they will be really up for it this time around. “They’ll be ready for the fight and Steve Bruce will tell them to be more awake than they were last time, when we scored two very quickly.
“I guess Steve Bruce will be trying everything he can to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”
“Maybe there was some luck in us scoring two so quickly, but we were up for the game and we decided to start very quickly and we got the reward. “The whole 90 minutes from then on for us was very good, we scored some excellent goals and never let Birmingham into it.
“But this Carling Cup tie is a totally different game and they will want to make up for last season as well as to progress in the tournament themselves, we know it will be a lot tougher this time around.”
