Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has confirmed he will give some of his fringe players a chance to impress in their Carling Cup quarter-final against Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Emmanuel Frimpong, Yossi Benayoun and South Korea captain Park Ju-young are all in contention as some of the Gunners key men will be given a break.

Midfielder Abou Diaby is a doubt after picking up a muscular injury in Saturday's 1-1 Barclays Premier League draw with Fulham.

Wenger has challenged those fringe players to show they have the strength of character to come through.

"I believe that some players are on the fringe of being really limited. I will rest some players, but I still want to play a team that has a chance to win the game,'' Wenger told Arsenal Player.

"Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Emmanuel Frimpong will play, but I consider them to be first-team players.

"Park is adapting to the level he is facing here and he has another opportunity against Manchester City tomorrow night to show that he can do it."Yossi has been absolutely fantastic, but we have so much choice in midfield and we play with three strikers. The chances for the midfielders are not so big and that is why he has not played as much as he deserves.''

Wenger added: "The attitude of all the players that came in has been great, everybody helps focus the team to win and he does that as well.''

Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is planning wholesale changes.

Striker Mario Balotelli and midfielder Gareth Barry are suspended, but may have been left out anyway after featuring in yesterday's Barclays Premier League game at Liverpool.

Former England midfielder Owen Hargreaves, fit after a recent calf injury, and defenders Kolo Toure and Stefan Savic are among the more high-profile players who could be involved.

Mancini is set to make wholesale changes for a match which kicks off around 50 hours after the Anfield encounter finished.

Gael Clichy said: "That is up to the manager again and you have to accept his decision, but of course I am ready and if asked to play I will be more than happy to.

"I don't need to speak about Arsenal, it is a great club, a great team with many of my friends there.

"If I can play on Tuesday, or even be involved, it would be something that I would really look forward to. But the manager is rotating the players, so we will have to wait and see what his decision is.''

Match

Which TV Station will be showing the match here in Nigeria? DSTV doesn't show Carling Cup Matches.

I have just subscribed to Arsenal player, I will be watching it live today on my laptop. 24 hours of access to ALL Arsenal Player content.£1.50
Anyway, I think hitv used to show Carling cup matches. Is hitv still on working?

what a match this will be. a real test for mancini and his epl gladiators.

lets see how prof arsene handles this team.

Mehn, wat tv station is showing it?

Arsenal will be dumped out of Carling Cup 2nite

Manchester city assassins will murd, the Arsenal boys. the only way Man city can justify the ridiculous amount of money they have spent buying players is by winning anything they can get their hands on

it doesnt seem to me this Arsenal team will be able to stop them but fingers crossed

usbcable:

what a match this will be. a real test for mancini and his epl gladiators.

lets see how prof arsene handles this team.

this is no test, it will be a walk in the park, they gave ManU the worst beating of their entire existence to prove themselves already

Arsenal must surely win. I trust my boys. They will deliver

Arsenal all the way.
I trust the gunners.
Do it, go on and do it.

Is Dstv showing this match? Is Hitv still on air?

aljazeera +3 dey announce the match now its saying weak signal 

@scopusng

Sorry to burst ur bubble but Arsenal Player is commentary only, no video.

Any links?

its clearer . .i hope it stays this way so i can watch my match in peace

the match is live on Aljazeera Sport +3 . . .JSC Sports +3

see that nasty nasri praying . .booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 

Kolo Toure starts

see rvP , Pires, viera,Sagna

a min silence for Gary Speed

game on

nasri  i wont love to be you right now see boooooooooo

frimpong good clear

chamberlain nice one

someone should tell park that this is not shaolin jor

Man Citehhhhh

zabaleta hmmm

hahaha stand up if you hate na$ri . . heheheheh

arsenal freekick

chei Johnson almost scored us oh

flapppy

any link pleaseeeeeeeeeee

OMG  see arsenal misssssss  

citeh keepr's is good mehn see save

way to go parrrk

i almost yelled goalll  

kos show dzeko pepper . .freekick to citeh

offside citeh . .

@ proudly9ja

cheers mate!

squills saved us just now . ,