"I said beforehand that I would take a replay and we have got another bite of the cherry, but it is not going to be just as hard when we get back to the Ricoh," said the City boss to the CT.
"Our fans will expect us to get stuck in and win, but it will be a tight game again, I would imagine, and I don't want an open game against Blackburn because they are in the league above us and have got more quality throughout.
"So if we win it 1-0 in the last minute or extra time or on penalties, I don't care, as long as we get through."
"There was a lot said about whether Sam would field his strongest team but he wants to get through to the next round and he paid us the compliment of not taking us lightly.
"A lot of the players I saw on the pitch were good players with a lot of Premier League experience."