City Under-18s Lead Coach Oliver Reiss says he and his team are ready for a tough test in Leeds United in our upcoming FA Youth Cup fifth round tie.

We travel to the LNER Stadium for a 19:00 (UK) kick-off on Tuesday 4 February with the match also available to watch live on CITY+ for those residing in the UK.

It follows another difficult clash which saw City best Under-18 Premier League North title holders Manchester United with a 4-0 triumph at the weekend.

It was our intensity, togetherness and clinical finishing that earned City the win to stay at the league summit and Reiss is expecting to see another energetic performance from his side on Tuesday evening.

“Hopefully we have the same intensity,” he began.

“Two days ago against Manchester United I as a coach was just enjoying the game a little bit for a few minutes because I could feel the energy on the pitch.

“We talked about this a lot in the last days and the last weeks to support each other, to help each other and I hope this is our goal again to bring energy and intensity on the pitch.

“When we have this, we are hopefully playing good football, good in possession and discipline in the shape and I hope I can see the intensity from the lads and also them enjoying the game.

“We try to have the beauty and the beast a little bit for me. So defending we defend like a beast and with the ball it should be nice and again the lads should enjoy the game.”

Watch Reiss’ preview of our FA Youth Cup trip to Leeds in full via the video above…

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