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Former Manchester City youth coach faces his role model Enzo Maresca in Carabao Cup quarter-final against Chelsea
When it comes to Cole Palmer, a montage of magical moments spring to Brian Barry-Murphy?s mind, but one episode, a little more than four years ago, particularly sticks. Barry-Murphy was in charge of Manchester City?s under-21s on the evening when Palmer ? fresh from replacing Bernardo Silva as an 89th-minute substitute in a 2-0 Premier League win against Burnley ? strolled across the bridge at the Etihad Campus and reported for duty at the academy stadium, scoring a sensational hat-trick in a 5-0 victory over Leicester.
It is a story Barry-Murphy, now in charge of the League One leaders, Cardiff, recounts given Palmer could be in the opposition team when Chelsea visit in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday. ?He said to Pep [Guardiola] and [his former assistant] Rodolfo Borrell the day before the game: ?There?s an under-21 game tomorrow night, if I don?t get on, can I play??? Barry-Murphy says with a smile.
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When it comes to Cole Palmer, a montage of magical moments spring to Brian Barry-Murphy?s mind, but one episode, a little more than four years ago, particularly sticks. Barry-Murphy was in charge of Manchester City?s under-21s on the evening when Palmer ? fresh from replacing Bernardo Silva as an 89th-minute substitute in a 2-0 Premier League win against Burnley ? strolled across the bridge at the Etihad Campus and reported for duty at the academy stadium, scoring a sensational hat-trick in a 5-0 victory over Leicester.
It is a story Barry-Murphy, now in charge of the League One leaders, Cardiff, recounts given Palmer could be in the opposition team when Chelsea visit in the Carabao Cup quarter-finals on Tuesday. ?He said to Pep [Guardiola] and [his former assistant] Rodolfo Borrell the day before the game: ?There?s an under-21 game tomorrow night, if I don?t get on, can I play??? Barry-Murphy says with a smile.
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