Rayan Cherki on Man City bench for Community Shield, Arsenal start Bruno Guimaraes | OneFootball

L'Équipe reports that Enzo Maresca has named Rayan Cherki on Manchester City’s bench for Sunday’s Community Shield against Arsenal at 16:00, with Phil Foden preferred.

It is Maresca’s first game since succeeding Pep Guardiola, as the season restarts in England. City line up with a front four featuring Jérémy Doku and Antoine Semenyo out wide and Erling Haaland through the middle.

Elliot Anderson, who impressed for England at the World Cup and has arrived from Nottingham Forest, starts in midfield alongside Mateo Kovacic.

For Arsenal, recent signings Bruno Guimaraes, formerly of Newcastle, and Christos Tzolis, formerly of Bruges, are in from the start. Mikel Arteta opts for Noni Madueke over Bukayo Saka, while Mikel Merino, Declan Rice and Viktor Gyökeres are on the bench.

Manchester City: "Donnarumma (cap.) - Khusanov, Dias (cap.), Gvardiol, O'Reilly - Kocacic, E.Anderson - Semenyo, Foden, Doku - Haaland".

Arsenal: "Raya (g.) - White, Mosquera, Gabriel, Calafiori - Lewis-Skelli, Guimaraes - Madueke, Ödegaard (cap.), Tzolis - Havertz".

Source: L'Équipe

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