Manchester City beat Newcastle to reach the Carabao Cup final, with goalkeeper James Trafford impressing with some fine saves.
Trafford started in goalkeeper after joining from Burnley in the summer, but his place was quickly taken away by new arrival Gianluigi Donnarumma.
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The 23-year-old has started all five games as City travel to Wembley, but will he start in the final against Arsenal on March 22?
“You might think so, but when you have Donnarumma and it’s the final, I think he [manager Pep Guardiola] Will see how it goes,” former Manchester City midfielder Michael Brown told BBC Radio 5 Live’s Football Daily podcast.
“I’ve seen this happen many times with Pep. [You’ll look at] Who starts the next game and a former club comes on the road and you think “he has to play against them” but he doesn’t.
“With all managers, emotions always change. If he feels that one day Donnarumma will win that game, he will make a change.”
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“He may not, but rightly or wrongly, if he feels it will give him an advantage, he will do it.
“Let’s see what his backline looks like, how things go in the Premier League and Champions League over the next few weeks, and then he’ll see. I don’t think it’s a certainty.”
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