Leandro Trossard has been handed a first Arsenal start against Manchester City in the FA Cup tonight.
The Belgian winger - a new £26million signing from Brighton - comes in for his full Gunners debut in a mammoth fourth-round tie at the Etihad after impressing off the bench in a last-gasp 3-2 win over Manchester United last weekend.
Jakub Kiwior joined Arsenal from Spezia on Monday afternoon, for an initial fee of £17.5m, and he is on the bench this evening.
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Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is without Emile Smith Rowe at City tonight, along with fellow injury absentees Gabriel Jesus, Mohamed Elneny and Reiss Nelson.
“I see a player [in Trossard] that is willing to make things happen and who is really composed, especially in the final third,” the Spaniard said at his pre-match press conference.
“It’s something we needed in the team and straight away he had a beautiful impact in the team to help us to win it.”
Arteta faced a dilemma as to who he starts in goal, with Matt Turner usually given the nod over Aaron Ramsdale in cup games. That is the case again tonight.
Arsenal starting XI: Turner; Tomiyasu, Holding, Gabriel, Tierney; Vieira, Partey, Xhaka; Saka, Nketiah, Trossard
Subs: Kiwior, Ramsdale, White, Zinchenko, Saliba, Lokonga, Odegaard, Marquinhos, Martinelli
Friday 8.00pm GMT, ITV
Venue: Etihad Stadium
Referee: Paul Tierney
Injured: Elneny (knee), Jesus (knee), Nelson (hamstring), Smith Rowe (thigh)
