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Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, wearing his yellow ribbon again, to Sky Sports: "It’s important we’re in a final, we want to win it. But after this we have the Premier League in our mind and the Champions League.

"It’s not the last game of our season."

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is aiming to become the eighth different manager to win all three of the English top-flight, FA Cup and League Cup after Bill Nicholson, Joe Mercer, Don Revie, George Graham, Alex Ferguson, Kenny Dalglish and Jose Mourinho.

I want to see this smile again at full-time.

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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger to Sky Sports: "It’s always an uncertainty before a game like this against strong opponents. You want to be at your best but also efficient.

"In the final it’s first defend well and then take your chances. We are a very offensive team in midfield so need security at the back."

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Manchester City's brilliant form in the Premier League makes them favourites here at Wembley - but they will be wary of the great unpredictables of Arsenal.

The Gunners were underdogs but beat City in the FA Cup semi-final at Wembley last season and followed up by overturning the odds once more with victory over Chelsea in the final.

Arsenal will take heart from this but will meet a City side badly wounded by that FA Cup fifth round defeat at League One Wigan Athletic on Monday.

Conditions are ideal at Wembley. It is cold but the sun is shining and the playing surface looks perfect.

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Anon: Why are both clubs playing their second choice keepers in a cup final? Surely the better keeper normally starts.

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Former West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live: "Arsenal are lacking some dogs of war. If you gave Dennis Bergkamp a kick, as technically gifted as he was, he would make sure he would leave a mark on you.

"I feel Arsenal have too many Arsenal type players. They can be brilliant to watch sometimes. Other times you are thinking 'what Arsenal is this?'

"I don't think Arsenal fans will be happy with just a League Cup. They need to concentrate on winning the Europa League. That's a way back into the Champions League."

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Arsenal are determined to win the Carabao Cup for manager Arsene Wenger, says defender Hector Bellerin.

The Gunners boss has never lifted the trophy during his 21 years in England, and right-back Bellerin says it gives the team an extra incentive to beat Manchester City at Wembley on Sunday.

City go into the match as favourites, sitting 27 points ahead of their opponents in the Premier League.

"We should do it for him," Bellerin told BBC Radio 5 live.

"The boss has been here for more than 20 years and everyone knows he hasn't won this competition yet, so it's another incentive for us."

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Former West Ham midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker, speaking on BBC Radio 5 live: "Pep Guardiola is a winner. They brought him into Manchester City to create a winning mentality. That means winning everything and Pep really wants to win the League Cup.

"I think Pep on a personal level would be disappointed if he ended the season with the Premier League and nothing else."

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola loves the big occasions. He has lost in just one major final as boss.

That came as Barcelona boss in the 2011 Copa del Rey final against Real Madrid.

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Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola keeps faith with Claudio Bravo in goal ahead of Ederson in a move that mirrors Manuel Pellegrini's decision to select Willy Caballero ahead of Joe Hart in this same Wembley final in 2016.

It was regarded as a high-risk strategy but Pellegrini insisted he had given Caballero his word and his loyalty was rewarded when he was the hero of a penalty shoot-out as Manchester City beat Liverpool.

Guardiola will hope for a similar reward today - although the loss of Raheem Sterling to injury is a blow even for a side with City's attacking riches.

Arsenal make seven changes to the side that lost the Europa League second leg against FK Ostersunds.

In come Laurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal, Shkodran Mustafi, Aaron Ramsey, Granit Xhaka, Mesut Ozil and club-record signing Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Rob Holding, Sead Kolasnac, Mohamed El Neny, Ainsley Maitland-Niles, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Alex Iwobi and Danny Welbeck drop out.

Arsenal XI: Ospina, Bellern, Chambers, Koscielny, Mustafi, Monreal, Ramsey, Xhaka, Wilshere, Ozil, Aubameyang.

Manchester City make make four changes after that shock FA Cup defeat by Wigan on Monday.

In come skipper Vincent Kompany, Nicolas Otamendi, Kyle Walker and Kevin de Bruyne. Out go John Stones, Aymeric Laporte, Fabian Delph and Bernardo Silva.

City XI: Bravo, Walker, Kompany, Otamendi, Danilo, Gundogan, Fernandinho, David Silva, De Bruyne, Sane, Aguero.

Richard Conway
BBC Radio 5 live sports news correspondent

I understand the FA started speaking to Guardiola in December about the ribbon. The issue is wearing it pitchside, which they say is a breach of regulations.

Two formal warnings have been issued which he has essentially ignored. The charge was triggered when he wore it during the game against Wigan in the FA Cup.

I may be wrong... but I sense a major row is brewing over this.

Given the strength of Guardiola's convictions and the importance of the Catalan movement to him I don't sense he'll easily back down to "FA kit and advertising regulation A 4."

He is free to wear the yellow ribbon in the Uefa Champions League. Its rules say political symbols must be deemed offensive to trigger a breach of rules, which means he can wear ribbon on Tuesdays/Wednesdays but not Saturday.

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Left-footed magicians Leroy Sane and Bernardo Silva have been the key men in City's run to the final.

Of the Premier League leaders' eight goals so far, German Sane has contributed three plus one assist, while Portuguese Silva has netted once and laid on three goals.

Manchester City number two Claudio Bravo gets the nod in goal ahead of Ederson.

Full team news to come.

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On Friday, Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola was charged by the Football Association for "wearing a political message, specifically a yellow ribbon".

He breached the FA's kit and advertising regulations, the governing body said., external

Guardiola said in November he wears the ribbon to support imprisoned politicians in his native Catalonia.

The ex-Barcelona and Spain midfielder has until 18:00 GMT on Monday, 5 March to respond to the charge.

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