Kepa Arrizabalaga will start in Sunday's Carabao Cup final for Arsenal against Manchester City after Mikel Arteta refused to confirm which of his goalkeepers would get the nod at Wembley earlier this week.

Kepa, 31, was signed in the summer to compete with David Raya, who has been Arsenal's first-choice keeper in the Premier League. The former Chelsea man has started in every domestic cup game for the Gunners this season but, with silverware on the line, some have questioned if Arteta would bring Raya into the team this weekend.

The Athletic report that will not be the case, though, with Kepa set to start on Sunday as Arsenal go in search of their first major trophy since 2020.

With Arteta deciding to keep faith his No 2 for the clash with City, his opposite number, Pep Guardiola, has also decided to play his second-choice keeper at Wembley, confirming earlier this week that James Trafford will line up instead of Gianluigi Donnarumma.

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Kepa has never won the League Cup but finished as a runner-up on two separate occasions with Chelsea. Victory at Wembley on Sunday would see him win the first domestic trophy since moving to England in 2018.

Arteta is also hoping to end his long wait for a trophy. The Spaniard won the FA Cup seven months after being appointed Arsenal manager in August 2020 but has been unable to follow that up with more silverware during his premiership.

And while the Gunners may still be in with a chance of winning a historic quadruple this season, Arteta admitted that it had been 'difficult to accept' a dearth of trophies since taking charge at Arsenal.

"Obviously the willingness to win has always been there, and that doesn't change if I win one, two, three or five [trophies]," he said ahead of the game. "But, yes, it has been difficult to accept because I want to win every competition that I'm involved in.

"When you have been in this position and gone years without winning a trophy, obviously it adds more necessity, but also more drive because you really want it.

"And that's something that we have. That is something really important for us and something that we've been trying to achieve for a while and now we have the opportunity to do it.

"But you also have to understand in sport that sometimes other players and other teams are better than you, and what you have to do is to be able to look in the mirror, give absolutely everything, and be better than them and that's what we are chasing."

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