Premier League winners City face last season’s league runners-up Arsenal at Wembley with plenty at stake.
The Gunners, with new signing Declan Rice likely to make his debut, will be desperate to strike an early psychological blow over a City side who beat them three times last season.
The Blues knocked Mikel Arteta’s side out of the FA Cup with a 1-0 win at the Etihad, before completing a league double - 3-1 at the Emirates and 4-1 at the Etihad.
Those victories undoubtedly left Arsenal reeling and doubting their own title credentials - and Arteta knows that beating City in the first game of the 2023/24 campaign will be massive for his players.
With the Blues selling out our ticket allocation, it’s likely to be a keenly-contested game at Wembley - can City make it a fourth trophy in the space of three months?
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