{"id":44808,"date":"2026-03-22T11:39:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/manchester-city-keep-big-names-on-the-bench-and-announce-team-to-face-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2026-03-22T11:39:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-22T15:39:17","slug":"manchester-city-keep-big-names-on-the-bench-and-announce-team-to-face-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/03\/22\/manchester-city-keep-big-names-on-the-bench-and-announce-team-to-face-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester City keep big names on the bench and announce team to face Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola with the Carabao Cup trophy (Photo: Justin Setterfield, Gareth Copley\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester City&#8217;s squad to face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final has been confirmed, with only Phil Foden on the bench.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, most of them are Man City manager Josep Guardiola&#8217;s strong XI, with Erling Haaland and Rodri also among the players set to start at Wembley this afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Still, not too long ago it would have been unthinkable for a big name like Foden to be on the bench for such a big game.<\/p>\n<p>See City&#8217;s full squad below, with Ruben Dias absent due to injury and James Trafford replacing Gianluigi Donnarumma in goal&#8230;<\/p>\n<h2>Manchester City scheduled to play Arsenal<\/h2>\n<p>Arsenal also used cup keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga for this match instead of their usual number one David Raya.<\/p>\n<p>More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pep Guardiola with the Carabao Cup trophy (Photo: Justin Setterfield, Gareth Copley\/Getty Images) Manchester City&#8217;s squad to face Arsenal in the Carabao Cup final has been confirmed, with only Phil Foden on the bench. However, most of them are Man City manager Josep Guardiola&#8217;s strong XI, with Erling Haaland and Rodri also among the players [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-44808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}