City set to ring Carling changes.

MARK HUGHES' bid to bag some silverware for Manchester City could be hit by injury concerns as he prepares for a Carling Cup fourth-round tie against Scunthorpe.

Hughes is counting the cost of his side's painful 2-2 Premier League draw with Fulham, with in-form Bulgarian Martin Petrov and defender Kolo Toure both suffering knocks.

Petrov, who scored City'second goal before the Cottagers staged a late comeback to rescue an unlikely point, suffered another knock on a troublesome knee complaint.

Toure, who scored the extra-time winner - coincidentally also against Fulham - in the last round, also exacerbated a recent heel problem and faces a race against time to be fit for the visit of the Championship side tomorrow night.

Hughes said: "Martin took a bang on a knee - which has been sore for a while now - but we hope it won't be too serious. Kolo landed on his heel near the end of the game."

Hughes expects to have better news over striker Roque Santa Cruz, who missed the Fulham game because of tonsillitis but is expected to be fit in time for the Carling Cup tie.

Fulham boss Roy Hodgson believes the team spirit his side showed in clawing back from 2-0 down at Eastlands will play a key role in their continued improvement.

Hodgson said: "The character in our team is absolutely outstanding.

"A lot of teams would have laid down, but we kept battling and we were good value for a draw. We have got ourselves back on track."

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Manchester City's Kolo Toure