Manchester City defender Micah Richards says they're convinced they can compete for the UEFA Cup after their first-leg victory over Aalborg last week.

"We know we can go far in this competition, now we can start believing it a little bit more," Richards told City's website. "We have the players to go as far as we can; now it is down to us.

"After the Villa game we had a lot of confidence and we wanted to give it 100% against Aalborg. We had a few players missing again, but we worked well as a team and we showed we can play our football whoever is on the pitch."