Nigel de Jong says Manchester City's players are taking seriously the Carling Cup.

The midfielder says there's now a great hunger for silverware at Etihad.

De Jong said: "The FA Cup success gave us the taste for winning things.

"Manchester City hadn't won anything with the group of players so, to win the FA Cup as a group last year, only made us hungry for more success because the enjoyment after no-one forgets.

"Every player in the squad wants that same feeling again. We just have to go for every prize.

"The Carling Cup, with all respect, is the smallest cup out there on a domestic basis. But a prize is still a prize.

"You've got to start somewhere and we started great last season with winning the FA Cup and doing well in the Premier League, and now we are doing well in the Carling Cup.

"Like I said, we just have to go for every prize. If that means the quickest way to success, that means the Carling Cup."