The first silverware of the season will be decided today as Arsenal and Manchester City collide in the Carabao Cup final at Wembley.
The Premier League’s top two meet again with the Gunners chasing an unprecedented quadruple this season under Mikel Arteta.
Arsenal haven’t won anything since Arteta’s first season in charge six years ago but they will hope victory today will be the catalyst for something very special in north London.
They will have to do it without Eberechi Eze and Jurrien Timber however with the duo not in the squad. Martin Odegaard has also failed to recover in time from his knee injury.
City have problems of their own with Ruben Dias ruled out with a hamstring injury. It means Pep Guardiola is without his first-choice centre-half pairing with Marc Guehi ineligible.
Metro’s LIVE matchday blog will bring you all the build-up, confirmed team news and starting XIs, goal updates and minute-by-minute coverage.
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Arsenal 0-2 Man City
68 mins | Arsenal have done this to themselves – dallying on the ball from Kepa, inviting the pressure has lifted City and they look hungry for more right now.
Arsenal 0-2 Man City
64 mins | Nico O’Reilly at the double! It’s brilliant from City, creating the overload on the right with the ball into the middle from Bernardo perfect. Nothing Kepa can do about this one, O’Reilly plants it home!
GOAL! Arsenal 0-2 Man City | Nico O’Reilly, 64 mins
Arsenal 0-1 Man City
60 mins | City’s pressure pays off! Kepa has been asking for trouble since the second-half began and he’s landed Arsenal in a world of trouble here. The cross is clipped in from the right and the goalkeeper fumbles it, dropping it into the path of Nico O’Reilly who stoops to head home from close range.
GOAL! Arsenal 0-1 Man City | Nico O’Reilly, 59 mins
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
58 mins | Vital block from Gabriel! Cherki lashes one on goal but the Arsenal defender leaps across. Again, that came from Kepa inviting pressure with a slow goal kick.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
57 mins | Kepa takes ages again with the ball – it’s not really helping Arsenal at the moment.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
54 mins | Wonderful play from Bernardo inside the Arsenal box, eventually finding Semenyo out wide. He lifts an inviting ball in this time looking for Haaland but once again an Arsenal defender is first to it.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
52 mins | Semenyo takes the free kick – but can’t find a teammate and blasts his woeful effort out of play.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
50 mins | Kepa races out of goal to challenge Doku and he makes a mess of it! He nudges the City winger off the ball out near the touchline – yellow card.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
47 mins | Haaland gets the ball into his feet with his back to goal and spins to shoot under pressure from Saliba. He can’t quite get the clean connection he is after with it coming off his studs, taking the sting out of the shot.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
46 mins | Kepa takes 36 seconds to move the ball out from his goal. Quicker, please.
SECOND-HALF UNDERWAY!
Changes at half-time?
We saw Calafiori warming up in the first period with Hincapie getting a bit of grief on the left. Martinelli is also an option we might see sonner rather than later.m
HALF-TIME! Arsenal 0-0 Man City
No goals yet, but it’s been fun.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
45 mins | Just the one minute added on at the end of the half here.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
44 mins | Semenyo goes past Rice this time on the right, hanging it up for Haaland at the back post. It’s White this time who does superbly up against him and Arsenal have a goal kick.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
43 mins | City get a couple of goes at it recycling crosses into the box with Arsenal struggling to clear the danger. Their defence is standing strong but they can’t hold onto it when they do have the ball back.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
42 mins | Doku hasn’s got going in this half but he wins a corner for City late in the first-half.
Arsenal 0-0 Man City
40 mins | Bit of a lull here as we edge towards half-time. Semenyo is still causing problems out on the right but his latest cross is swung well out of play.
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