Hull City midfielder Tom Huddlestone wants to follow in the footsteps of former team-mate Fraizer Campbell and pile further embarrassment upon title-hopefuls Manchester City this afternoon.
Huddlestone was an appreciative viewer last Sunday as former Spurs colleague Campbell stunned TV audiences with a late brace to inspire a 3-2 win for Cardiff over Manuel Pellegrini's men.
The Tigers have the chance to become the second consecutive Premier League newcomer to spring a surprise when they travel to the Etihad Stadium this lunchtime. And Huddlestone knows City have a chance of building on last weekend's win over Norwich, if they can take their chances in the same style as Campbell.
"Newly promoted teams first and foremost have to give 110 per cent, limiting the space and chances that you give them," said Huddlestone. "With the players and quality they've got they're going to create chances at times but you'll get one or two yourself. It's important to be clinical. As Cardiff showed, if you are clinical you get a result.
He added: "Fraizer did well. He's had a couple of bad injuries himself and fought back to be in the top league. It was a bit of a makeshift centre-back pairing so they do miss (Vincent) Kompany as a leader and the quality he offers. Fraizer showed the different exploits you can use on their defence."
Cardiff have set an example Steve Bruce's side will look to emulate as Pellegrini acclimatises to the English game. Despite dominating long periods of last weekend's trip to the Cardiff City Stadium, a fatal flaw from set-pieces proved Manchester City were far from invincible.
"I watched the game last week and as a football fan it was an enjoyable game first and foremost," Huddlestone added. "Afterwards you maybe start thinking Man City could have done us a favour but on the other hand we're in a similar position to Cardiff and they've gone out and beaten them.
"That gives you a bit more confidence in ourselves to go there Saturday and do something positive. These are the games where you've just got to go into it and enjoy it. We've got to be as resolute as possible but knowing that Norwich last week and Cardiff in the game after are the ones where we should be looking to pick the main points up."
Huddlestone is no stranger to success at the Etihad Stadium, winning four of five trips there with Spurs between 2006 and 2010. The last of that sequence famously saw Tottenham clinch a Champions League spot ahead of their hosts in the final weeks of the 2009-10 season, a campaign Huddlestone still ranks as his career best.
Injury problems would eventually pave the way for Spurs to accept a £5.25m bid from the Tigers earlier this month and last weekend's impressive home debut against Norwich saw him serenade a new band of admirers at the KC Stadium. Huddlestone hopes the good times are back again.
He added: "It was very good to start in the Premier League again. It was hard work once we went down to 10 men but I think we showed we can keep it tight at the back. If we'd have gone into Man City with no points on the board, we'd have been panicking a little bit. It's nice to have the points on the board before the international break otherwise that could have been a long two weeks."
