Samir Nasri apprehensive ahead of Capital One cup final

Samir Nasri

Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri has admitted that he is apprehensive ahead of Manchester City’s Capital One Cup final with Sunderland next weekend, warning that the result could have a massive effect on the side’s confidence.

The Frenchman, who was in great form before his recent injury lay off, was in the Arsenal side that lost the 2011 final to Birmingham City: a game that sparked a crumble from The Gunners, who won just two further matches that season.

As well as his painful memories of the League Cup final, he was also part of the City side that were stunned by Wigan Athletic in last season’s FA Cup final.

“I don’t have good memories in the cups, because I lost the final with Arsenal as well as last season,” opened the 26-year-old.

“We got to the final with Arsenal and lost. After that, we won only two games in the league, so a win would be really important for us and for the confidence.”

City are big favourites to pick up the Capital One Cup and have been further boosted by the news that star striker Sergio Aguero could play some part in the game, having recovered from the injury problems that have seen him miss eight of the last ten league games.

“It’s going to be a big boost for the team to have Aguero back, but you cannot disrespect Alvaro Negredo and Edin Dzeko because they did a great job too,” said Nasri of Aguero’s return.

“It’s going to be good when another striker comes back, with them and Stevan Jovetic, so then we can rotate and we can build more pressure up-front.”