Here come the sides! Huge murals, one per team cover the whole Wembley pitch. Flags flutter at either end. Looks a great occasion out there. Beautiful sunny afternoon still.

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Jermaine Jenas
Former England and Tottenham midfielder on BBC Radio 5 live

The fear of not being able to get into the Manchester City team must be on the players all the time. That is why they can perform the way they do week in, week out.

Phil McNulty
BBC Sport chief football writer at Wembley

Twin goals for Chelsea boss Maurizio Sarri here at Wembley in the Carabao Cup Final - avenge the 6-0 mauling at Manchester City earlier this month and fashion the result that could keep him at Stamford Bridge a little longer.

The stakes are that high for the Italian.

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Manchester City

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola on Sky Sports: "All the Chelsea players have pride, they want to avoid another 6-0 defeat but it is a completely different game, different competiiton. Hopefully we can play the game like a final deserves to be played.

"For the club, for the players it is important to win another trophy, not for me."

Chelsea

Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri on Sky Sports: "We lost 6-0 to City but since then we have played every three days so it is very difficult to work on the team. We have tried to improve.

"Two months ago we won against them but we played with a very high level of application, in Manchester we played a superficial match and lost 6-0. We know we can do better than that."

Is winning today important for your future?

"Of course I cannot understand why you ask me something like this, you know I can only give you my opinion. You have to ask the club I think."

Brilliantly, when I searched our images library for 'White, Chelsea' this was the top result.

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This is the first League Cup meeting between Chelsea and Manchester City since the third round in 1993-94, when Brian Horton’s City side won 1-0 at Maine Road with a goal from David White.

Do you know your League Cup stats and history?

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Have a go on our quiz here.

Chelsea

Former Chelsea captain John Terry on Sky Sports: "The frustration at Chelsea has been from the stubbornness of the manager to not change his team, his system. I was at the Manchester United game last Monday and in all my 22 years at the club I can't remember the fans turning like that.

"There is still a lot of quality in the Chelsea team though."

BBC Radio 5 live

Listen above now for build-up to today's cup final. Mark Pougatch is in the chair, while Ian Dennis, John Murray and Jermaine Jenas bring you full commentary from kick-off time.

Good news for Manchester City and for Chelsea?

A drab, goalless draw at Old Trafford means Liverpool lead City by just a point at the top of the table wit both sides having played the same number of games.

Chelsea are now three points off a top-four place.

Follow reaction to the two Premier League games here.

The Chelsea line-up hasn't gone down so well...

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Pep Guardiola could become the fourth manager to win consecutive League Cups, after Brian Clough (1978-1979 and 1989-1990), Bob Paisley (1981-1983) and Alex Ferguson (2009-2010).

Guardiola was Barcelona manager when they beat Manchester United 3-1 at Wembley in the 2011 Champions League final. He also won the trophy at Wembley with Barça as a player, beating Sampdoria 1-0 after extra time in the 1992 final.

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Only three players have scored more goals for a top-flight club against an opponent at Wembley than Manchester City striker Sergio Aguero has against Chelsea (3) - Harry Kane against Southampton and Eric Cantona against Liverpool (4) and Ian Rush against Everton (5).

Eden Hazard as a false nine again today - it's not his best position. Is it? Can't imagine Gonzalo Higuain is overly pleased about that decision either.

Akinpelu: At least Emerson rightly starts ahead of Chelsea's weakest link at the back, Alonso

Jonathan Greening
Former Manchester United midfielder on 5 live

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I think Man City will win. They’re better with the ball and their work ethic off the ball is much better as well.

David Luiz starts, in a back four, and that always gives an opportunity to the other team

Manchester City

City make just one change from the side which beat Schalke - Oleksandr Zinchenko starts instead of Ilkay Gundogan, which should mean Aymeric Laporte moving to centre-back.