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Pep Confirms Surprise Man City Starter For FA Cup Final

Pep Confirms Surprise Man City Starter For FA Cup Final

Pep Guardiola

Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has confirmed one surprise inclusion for his starting line-up to face Manchester United in the FA Cup final.

Saturday's encounter at Wembley Stadium will be the first time the two Manchester rivals will meet in the final of the competition, with their last meeting coming in a semi-final in 2012.

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Guardiola has been known to switch his up starting line-ups over the years, but he has confirmed that second choice goalkeeper Stefan Ortega will start ahead of Ederson in the final.

"Yeah he [Ortega] is going to play. It's always been the same in the cups, even with Barcelona and Munich, so he's going to play in the FA Cup," Guardiola reporters, as per Goal.

Guardiola is bracing himself for an improved United side from the one his side thrashed 6-3 at the Etihad in October last year.

"A final is special for itself but what United have been doing in the last four, five, six months - they are a completely different team from the beginning of the season when we faced them here," he added.

"I have the feeling that the team has improved from the beginning of the season - the patterns are more clear and the quality they have."

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