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How Man City should line up against Manchester United in FA Cup final

Manchester City can take another step towards claiming a historic treble on Saturday but the only English team to ever do so stands in their way.

City take on their neighbours Manchester United at Wembley in the first-ever Manchester derby FA Cup final. It's the first of two finals in a week ahead of facing Inter in the Champions League on June 10.

While Erik ten Hag's team is struggling with injuries with Anthony Martial, Antony, Marcel Sabitzer, Lisandro Martinez and Donny van de Beek all unavailable, the Blues have a fully fit squad as Kevin De Bruyne, Jack Grealish, Manu Akanji and Ruben Dias have all been declared fit.

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In addition, Pep Guardiola has already revealed that goalkeeper Stefan Ortega will start ahead of the usual No.1 Ederson. "He’s going to play yeah," he said. "It's always like that, even in Barcelona, Bayern Munich. The keeper who has played FA Cup is going to play FA Cup."

MEN Sport writers have named the starting XIs they would pick for the final and you can select your own in the widget below.

The goalkeeper debate is an interesting one - should Ederson play as the best goalkeeper in the squad, or should Guardiola stick with Stefan Ortega to keep him, and the rest of the squad, happy? By sticking with Ortega, who has played very well in the FA Cup this season and is yet to concede, it's probably a safe decision. It's not like the 2019 Carabao Cup final when Ederson replaced youngster Aro Muric - Ortega has done well in this competition and has earned his final spot.

As for the defence, I'd go as strong as possible, which means John Stones and Ruben Dias in the centre and Nathan Ake left. If Ake isn't fit, then Manu Akanji should be. Rodri,

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