On Monday morning, Brian Barry-Murphy spoke to the press ahead of Tuesday night's Carabao Cup Quarter-Final.
With City hosting Chelsea in the Welsh capital this week, Brian discussed the Bluebirds' approach to a highly-anticipated fixture off the back of five consecutive victories in League One.
“The anticipation for the game ever since the draw was made has been evident everywhere we’ve been,” Brian began. “Luckily we’ve tried to detach ourselves from that as much as possible whilst focusing on the league campaign, but now that it’s here, I think that the game is going to be incredibly exciting for everyone.
“For myself and the players we still want to show ourselves in the best light and give a good account of ourselves when competing against a side who are the Club World Cup champions. We want to do our best and prepare properly for this game.
“It’s everything you want. We all have aspirations of testing ourselves against those at the highest level of the game.
"Whether we get there or not is unpredictable and not always clear, so this is a chance for us to see what it looks like and to give it absolutely everything, understand the level of opponent we’re facing and respecting it completely, but not being intimidated by that, and to give it a go as much as we can and see where it takes us.”