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Michael Carrick captains strong Man United team against Man City

Michael Carrick will captain Manchester United in their EFL Cup meeting with Manchester City on Wednesday, but there is still no place for Henrikh Mkhitaryan in the squad.

Mkhitaryan has not pulled on a United shirt since being subbed in the 2-1 derby defeat at Old Trafford on Sept. 10 but was in contention to return.

Wayne Rooney remains on the sidelines with a thigh injury, while Eric Bailly and Phil Jones are both out long term and Anthony Martial does not appear in the 18.

Chris Smalling is left out after his disappointing performance in the 4-0 drubbing at Chelsea on Sunday, with Marcos Rojo coming in to partner Daley Blind in the centre of defence and Luke Shaw at left-back.

Juan Mata returns in place of Marouane Fellaini, who is on the bench, with Carrick in for Jesse Lingard who also is among the subs.

David De Gea, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba and Marcus Rashford all start.

City ring the changes from Saturday's draw at home to Southampton, with Willy Caballero replacing Claudio Bravo between the sticks.

Only Vincent Kompany and Leroy Sane keep their places, with Nicolas Otamendi, Gael Clichy, Fernando, Nolito, Jesus Navas and Kelechi Iheanacho drafted in along with academy products Pablo Maffeo, who makes his debut at right-back, and Aleix Garcia, who scored the winner at Swansea in the last round.

Man United: De Gea; Valencia, Rojo, Blind, Shaw, Carrick, Herrera, Mata, Pogba, Rashford, Ibrahimovic

Manchester City: Caballero; Maffeo, Otamendi, Kompany, Clichy, Garcia, Fernando, Nolito, Navas, Sane, Iheanacho

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