Cheick Diabate on trip to Walsall

Cheick pre-match interview for Walsall cup fixture

Defender Cheick Diabate has given his thoughts as City face Walsall away in the first round of the Carabao Cup. 

City's last trip to the Poundland Bescot Stadium saw the Grecians with 2-0 in January 2022, with one of the goals being Diabate's first in professional football - a day he remembers well. 

"I am going back to a ground that will forever be in my memory," Cheick said.

"So it will be good to go back there, but obviously that is now in the past and tomorrow we have got a job to do and that is to go there and get a win, so that is what we are focused on.

"We are going there an expecting to win - but it's just like any other game for us."
Cheick Diabate

"In cup games you have to win or you're out. It's a great competition for us to be a part of so for me, I really want to win and get into the next round."

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