FA Cup Manchester City Vs Manchester United Live Streaming English FA Cup Online HD TV Channels Broadcast January 8,2012.


FA Cup Manchester City Vs Manchester United Live Streaming English FA Cup Online HD TV Channels Broadcast January 8,2012.


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Manchester City goalkeeper Joe Hart has no interest in any of the wider issues surrounding Sunday's blockbusting FA Cup derby against Manchester United - only victory.City underlined their Barclays Premier League title credentials in emphatic fashion last time the sides met, thrashing their rivals 6-1 at Old Trafford in October.That sensational win served warning of a potential shift in the balance of power in both the city and English football in general.
Now, as league leaders, City could make another strong statement by launching their FA Cup defence with another win over their neighbours and closest challengers - this time at the Etihad Stadium.But Hart said: "I am not bothered about statements - I am bothered about winning the game on Sunday."We want to win every game, regardless of what cup it is in."If you do win every game you win trophies, and that is what we want.''

Hart accepts United will want revenge for the humiliation they suffered at City's hands last autumn."Of course they do but that is for them to feel,'' the 24-year-old England number one said. "We have got to focus on our game.''Manchester City to be without Mario Balotelli, Gareth Barry and the Toure brothers.Striker Balotelli (ankle) and midfielder Barry (suspension) are definitely forced out while defender Kolo and midfielder Yaya Toure have to report for African Nations Cup duty with Ivory Coast.Manager Roberto Mancini hopes striker Edin Dzeko (knee) and forward Samir Nasri (illness) will be fit to bolster a stretched squad but former United midfielder Owen Hargreaves is not expected to come into contention.

Michael Carrick is happy to ignore the bookmakers and concentrate on the Manchester United dressing room to their chances of winning.Having moved swiftly to quell talk of an imminent Wayne Rooney departure from Old Trafford, United must now set their sights on those "noisy neighbours''.Rare indeed are the days when United are spoken about as a team who might inflict a shock rather than suffer one.But that is exactly what will happen on Sunday if Sir Alex Ferguson's men reach the FA Cup fourth round by "People can say what they like and fancy who they want,'' said Carrick, over odds that have a United win as the least likely of the three potential results.

"We know what we can do. We know the players we have got in the dressing room. We just want to be back to top form and winning the game, regardless of the situation in the league really."Nothing has been handed out. No trophies have been awarded. We just want to hang in there and be there at the end.
"The cup is different. We need to produce that now. It would be nice to knock them out. More importantly it would be nice to progress.''Ferguson will be selecting from an unchanged squad.Chris Smalling (tonsillitis) is still out, which is likely to mean Phil Jones partnering Rio Ferdinand in defence.Anders Lindegaard is likely to continue in goal, although Dimitar Berbatov's place is at risk as United look to avoid suffering a third consecutive competitive defeat against their local rivals.

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