Pep Guardiola press conference LIVE Man City injury latest and team news ahead of Carabao Cup tie

Manchester City kick off their Carabao Cup campaign on Wednesday night with a trip to League One side Huddersfield Town.

The Blues were serial winners of this competition early in Pep Guardiola's tenure but have not lifted the trophy since beating Tottenham in 2021, their fourth successive success in the Carabao Cup.

City will be huge favourites to overcome a Huddersfield side who are fifth in the third tier even if Guardiola will likely heavily rotate his side. The Etihad chief picked the same XI for three successive games last week and Wednesday's trip to Yorkshire offers the chance for several fringe players to be given a run out.

Guardiola will provide the latest team news and an injury update as well as further reflecting on that dramatic 1-1 Premier League draw with Arsenal on Sunday. He is due to face the media at 12.30pm and we will have all the updates right here in the blog so stay with us.

Pep Guardiola was having none of it when he was asked about the schedule after seeing Manchester City get their Champions League campaign up and running on Thursday night.

Asked initially what he planned to do in the short turnaround between facing Napoli and Arsenal, he joked he would take the squad hiking. Pressed on whether he had spoken to the Premier League or UEFA about the schedule, Guardiola gave the idea short shrift.

Privately, City weren't happy with the lack of preparation time for one of their toughest games of the season, but publicly they wanted to avoid excuses. Before the start of the week, this was seen as a litmus test for the Blues, and they didn't want to lose focus by worrying about things outside their control.

In the end, a week that could have derailed their season by the end of September has