Alan Sheehan says experience of previous meetings within his squad is helping to drive his bid to inflict an historic Carabao Cup upset over Manchester City.

Swansea City welcome the Premier League giants in the fourth round of the competition, having already claimed the scalp of top- flight side Nottingham Forest.

Toppling Pep Guardiola's men is likely to be a much sterner assignment for Swansea, who returned to winning ways in the Championship with a 2-1 victory over struggling Norwich City at the weekend.

Excitement is likely to be building among the fans, with Wednesday night's clash at the Swansea.com Stadium a total sellout, but Sheehan says he's doing his best to try to take the emotion out of the occasion.

"Right now I would say I am treating it as every other game I've been in," Sheehan said. "The hours that we do, they don't really change in terms of looking at different solutions and where we might need to get to.

"But it might be different during the game tomorrow. It could be somewhat...