Brentford boss Keith Andrews has been speaking to the media before Wednesday’s Carabao Cup game against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium (kick-off 19:30 GMT).
Here are the key lines from his news conference:
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There “were a couple of knocks” in Sunday’s draw with Leeds but everyone should be fine.
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Dango Ouattara and Frank Onyeka have left for Afcon, while Reiss Nelson remains sidelined.
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Andrews said playing Manchester City “is obviously a very difficult game” and Erling Haaland is “difficult to keep quiet”.
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He said they can take some “positives” from the narrow defeat to City in October because they “grew into the game” and “restricted them to few clear cut chances.”
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Andrews says Crystal Palace winning the FA Cup last season “was a great story and shows that the so called lesser teams can succeed” too.
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Despite focusing on the Premier League, Andrews said they “are going to take the game as serious as the game dictates as it’s a great opportunity to get into a quarter final.”
