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Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta has been told to start a \u201creal handful\u201d against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final.<\/p>\n
The Gunners<\/strong> are currently mounting a challenge for an unprecedented quadruple, so they could achieve something really special this season.<\/p>\n The north London club is currently top of the Premier League and have reached the Carabao Cup final, while they are also in contention for the Champions League and FA Cup.<\/p>\n Arsenal will look to get the first trophy in the bag this weekend as they face Man City at Wembley in the Carabao Cup final.<\/p>\n Arteta\u2019<\/strong>s side head into this match as the firm favourites, and ex-Man City star has told Arsenal to start Viktor Gyokeres over teammate Kai Havertz.<\/p>\n \u201cThey are two different players as well, so I think whoever he goes for, it\u2019s going to be tough,\u201d Dickov told The Metro.<\/p>\n READ: Big Weekend: Arsenal v Man City, Tottenham v Forest, Liverpool, Rosenior, Bowen, Madrid \u201cI think Kai Havertz, he\u2019s maybe a false nine, he causes problems with positions, he\u2019s very intelligent.<\/p>\n \u201cBut for me, being a centre-forward myself, I think Gyokeres would probably be the tougher to play against, because the one thing he does want to do is run in behind and that can be a real handful.<\/p>\n \u201cCity do play a high line, and Kai Havertz, as good as he is, isn\u2019t really somebody that you\u2019d associate with running into channels. He\u2019ll pick up little pockets in between the midfielders and the centre-half, clever movement and get himself in the boxes.<\/p>\n \u201cBut Gyokeres likes to run the channels, likes to run in behind, and if there has been a criticism of City, it\u2019s been the high line and that it\u2019s maybe been too easy sometimes for teams to get in behind them.<\/p>\n \u201cSo from my own personal point of view, I would think Arteta should start Gyokeres, given the way City are likely to set up.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: Arsenal sixth as deepest Quadruple runs ever ranked, with sweary Guardiola in sight There will also be the clamour for teenager Max Dowman to get more minutes after his star-making performance against Everton, but Dickov thinks Arteta will protect the 16-year-old for the remainder of this season and beyond.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s obviously a wonderful, wonderful talent. Probably one of the best talents that England have had since Phil Foden at that age,\u201d Dickov said of Dowman.<\/p>\n \u201cHe\u2019s a talented, talented boy, but I think you\u2019ve got to be very, very careful as well. I thought it was a wonderful moment him scoring the goal at the weekend, but you\u2019ve just got to be very careful that it doesn\u2019t get blown out of proportion too much.<\/p>\n \u201cI think just the fact that he\u2019s in and around the squad at Arsenal with the world-class players that they\u2019ve got, the fact that he\u2019s getting minutes on the pitch and he\u2019s being trusted by Mikel Arteta shows you how good he is and how good he can be.<\/p>\n \u201cBut if anything, I think Mikel\u2019s probably the right man. Mikel was there (at Man City) when Phil (Foden) was coming through, and I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll see comparisons, not just with how they play, but with the hype that\u2019s surrounding them all and how to manage that.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s got any better person than Mikel to manage that, along with the players around him as well, because he\u2019s going to need to be looked after.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT: Arsenal: Shearer backs Quadruple on one condition as Gunners tipped to \u2018batter\u2019 Euro giants in CL
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