Cristalz:

Wednesday's Carling Cup quarter-final fixtures sees Arsenal taking a trip to the City of Manchester Stadium to meet hosts, Manchester City.

Coach Mark Hughes has been under a little bit of pressure lately to produce better results than are currently being produced, considering the extent of cash spent to bring a number of big names over to the club. So against Arsenal, Hughes will be looking to make a statement about the effectiveness of his side by keeping them in the tournament and edging Arsenal out of it.
Robinho is back in attack for City, and should start this match. Emmanuel Adebayor, Craig Bellamy, Santa Cruz and Carlos Tevez are also eager to have a go at Arsenal.
Likely names in midfield are Stephen Ireland, Nigel De Jong, Gareth Barry and Shaun Wright-Philips. Wright-Philips has got the necessary pace to counter Arsenal's(in form of Theo Walcott), and Ireland is always a good attacking force.
Defenders Lescott, Sylvinho, Komapany, Zabaletta were the 4 that featured in City's last Carling Cup match. Not likely that there will be any change, but if there is, it should be the addition of Kolo Toure. Shay Given will be in goal.

Arsenal will be looking for a win on Wednesday night to boost their confidence after suffering a 3 - 0 defeat to Chelsea in the EPL on Sunday. They've been impressive in the Carling Cup so far(their last win was over Liverpool, kicking Benitez and his men out) so this shouldn't be any different.
Striker Robin Van Persie eagerly anticipated featuring in this game, but unfortunately for him and Arsenal, he is sidelined with a rather serious injury.
With Bendtner also out injured, coach Wenger is left with Eduardo and Carlos Vela.
Likely names to start in midfield include Aaron Ramsey, Fran Merida Perez, Denilson, Nasri [/b]and Eboue. However, things are rather different now - after the EPL losses to Sunderland and Chelsea, Arsene Wenger would very much like to win this encounter to restore confidence in his side. And, as Manchester City have proven themselves tenacious opponents in the past, having a strong midfield will not be a bad idea.
In this light, Theo Walcott, [b]Cesc Fabregas and Tomas Rosicky should make the bench in case of an emergency situation on the pitch, goal-wise.
Defenders Armand Traore, William Gallas, Tomas Vermaelen, Silvestre, Sagna and Senderos are available for Wenger to choose from.
Arsenal really need to try and keep a clean sheet.  .  .as their scoring frequency seems to have reduced, the least they can do is keep things tight at the back.
In this regard,[b] Almunia [/b]is the best goalie option, but we'll likely see Fabianski or Mannone.
This will definitely be a tough encounter.

tkb417:

and be ready to be spelt

4-0 in favour of citey if u guys are using those simpletons!

Arsenal Football Club have today announced the following 18-man squad for the Carling Cup Quarter-Final against Manchester City.

Tomas Rosicky
Carlos Vela
Aaron Ramsey
Alex Song
Mikael Silvestre
Jack Wilshere
Lukasz Fabianski (GK)
Vito Mannone (GK)
Emmanuel Eboue
Armand Traore
Fran Merida
Kyle Bartley
Francis Coquelin
Craig Eastmond
Emmanuel Frimpong
Kerrea Gilbert
Mark Randall
Sanchez Watt

Krayola:

Not everyday. . . but today feels like it.

edoyad:

Yeah , about the Red dudu posted the details pertaining to that one on the gunners home thread. Something about 2 weeks before it takes effect.
But why Song in defense again ? I thought we had found his right spot. Something tells me Wenger wants to make sure he makes good use of him before he departs for ACN.