Eriksson fell foul of his old club on Tuesday night as the Foxes were beaten 4-2 by City at Eastlands in their third-round FA Cup replay. Now the Swede hopes the Blues go on to win the trophy to give his own club some reflected glory. But whether they achieve it or not, Eriksson is certain City are heading right to the very top. "I am sure they are one of the teams who can win the league," the former England boss said. "I hope they can win the FA Cup. It would be good for us to have gone out against the winners. "What is happening at City does remind me of my time at Lazio. At that time we bought Christian Vieri for the biggest transfer fee paid. We sold him 10 months later for even more money. "Lazio were spending a lot of money. We won the league and overall won seven titles in three years. "It was very good because in Italy, if you win the league and you are not Milan, Inter or Juventus, it is a very big thing." City boss Roberto Mancini was able to name the most expensive starting XI in FA Cup history, although it took an impressive late strike from Aleksandar Kolarov to finally see off the Championship outfit and book a fourth-round trip to Notts County. Paul Gallagher had already equalised an early Carlos Tevez effort when Leicester were condemned to battle back from two goals down as Patrick Vieira and Adam Johnson scored within 77 seconds of each other. The visitors took heart from a Tevez penalty miss and, when Lloyd Dyer netted eight minutes from time, the Foxes harboured realistic hopes of taking the tie to extra-time. It was not to be, although Eriksson is not displeased with his present situation, even if he rejected claims he had made a bid for Thierry Henry. "We are not Manchester City but it is a clear project to take the club up to the Premier League," Eriksson said. "But it is not true I made an inquiry about Henry. "Sometimes you get these rumours and there is a little bit of truth. This time, no." Eriksson conducted part of his post-match press conference alongside Mancini, a man he has known for two decades. The City manager's relationship with Notts County boss Paul Ince is not quite so cordial given he was sent off for lunging at the former England skipper during a Serie A encounter between Sampdoria and Inter Milan in 1995. "I played against Paul Ince. Maybe I got sent off," Mancini said. "It was against Inter but I don't remember whether it was Paul Ince."
