Fabian Delph admits his start at Manchester City has been difficult but the midfielder is confident he can win the first trophy of his career in the Capital One Cup.

Delph, who made his full debut and scored in Saturday’s 3-1 win over Southampton at the Etihad on Saturday, has had three hamstring injuries since joining from Aston Villa in the summer. The first came in the pre-season tour of Australia in July, which ruled him out until the 2-0 win at Everton in August. Injuries have limited Delph to seven appearances. Last season Delph captained Villa to the FA Cup final at Wembley where Arsenal beat his side 4-0.

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Manuel Pellegrini’s team won the Capital One Cup in 2014 and Delph welcomes City, who play Hull at the Etihad Stadium on Tuesday in the quarter-finals, being viewed as favourites.

“With the squad we’ve got you expect us to win the majority of games. We’ve been through our bad spell now,” he said after the win over Southampton that ended a three-match winless sequence.

“I’m here to win trophies and I see no reason why I’m not going to do that with the squad that we’ve got. It’s an unbelievable squad. I got to the FA Cup final with Villa, we really had to fight to get there and we felt sharp for the final. But I see it going the other way this year, I’m confident we can win something this time.”

Of the final defeat by Arsenal, he said: “It really hurt – but getting there was an achievement in itself with the squad we had. It wasn’t a great squad but there was a good togetherness. It was a massive achievement for the club, especially with the state it was in. We stayed safe [from relegation] and got to the final. But that’s all in the past now. I’m looking forward, a new set of team-mates who I’m really enjoying playing with.

“It’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, I’ve had some little niggles but I’m over them at the minute so it’s time to push on and try to improve my game. It’s been frustrating but I’m finally over it so I need to kick on.”

Delph believes he can offer Manchester City something different in a midfield that also includes Yaya Touré, Fernandinho and Fernando. “I’ve got a lot of energy,” he said. “It’s a strange thing to say but I love running. The fans will see that about me. But my end pass is a part of my game I’d like to improve.

“There’s a lot of midfielders in this squad. Fernandinho and Fernando both love pressing so I think I can slot in nicely with that type of player. Hopefully I can bring something different. But I’d like the other parts of my game to improve and I’m sure it will over time.

“Playing with the calibre of players here, there is not so much pressure on myself to perform as there has been in previous years. It’s about me slotting in where I can but hopefully I can improve. On Saturday I got the goal but I made a few errors and I was a bit sloppy at times so I need to put that right. With games I can improve.

“It’s a big year for me, different to other years. The opportunity is there for me to go and represent my country in a big tournament [Euro 2016]. Hopefully I can keep putting in good performances and make sure I go.”