Bennett warns Keane "It will be different in the Cup!"
27/08/08 15:28 Filed in: News
Nottingham Forest have the inside knowledge to
surprise Sunderland in the Carling Cup tonight,
insists Julian Bennett.
The Reds have been matched up with Roy Keane's Premiership outfit only weeks after facing them in a pre-season friendly at the City Ground.
Though they lost that match 1-0, defender Bennett is convinced that Forest will benefit from having had the opportunity to size them up.
And he believes Forest have enough quality to cause an upset, saying: "We know what to expect from them. Hopefully we can go that one step further this time and get the win.
"We matched them in all areas really, there was not that much in it. It was a very good goal that decided it, from Kieran Richardson.
"But it was even otherwise and we will be looking to do better when we have a fully fit squad. We will give them a good game."
Bennett believes it will be a completely different game because of the competitive edge added by both teams' desire to make it into the third round.
"They obviously have that Premiership quality and we will know a little bit about them," he said.
"But it will be different in the cup, it will be a different game because there is so much more at stake."
The Reds have been matched up with Roy Keane's Premiership outfit only weeks after facing them in a pre-season friendly at the City Ground.
Though they lost that match 1-0, defender Bennett is convinced that Forest will benefit from having had the opportunity to size them up.
And he believes Forest have enough quality to cause an upset, saying: "We know what to expect from them. Hopefully we can go that one step further this time and get the win.
"We matched them in all areas really, there was not that much in it. It was a very good goal that decided it, from Kieran Richardson.
"But it was even otherwise and we will be looking to do better when we have a fully fit squad. We will give them a good game."
Bennett believes it will be a completely different game because of the competitive edge added by both teams' desire to make it into the third round.
"They obviously have that Premiership quality and we will know a little bit about them," he said.
"But it will be different in the cup, it will be a different game because there is so much more at stake."