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The Gunners, who sit first will be looking to secure their first win against Manchester City at Etihad Stadium since 2015 when they won 2-0 courtesy of a Santi Cazorla and Olivier Giroud strike.

The Portugal international, who joined City in a £60million move from Juventus in 2019 was an integral part of Guardiola's team until 2023 as he was sent on loan to German club, Bayern Munich.

The Super Eagles of Nigeria had the better performance against Ghana in a 2-1 win on Friday, which saw the national team pair two strikers upfront as opposed to a single striker during the AFCON 2023.

The duo of Calvin Bassey and Frank Onyeka have left camp ahead of Tuesday’s international friendly against Mali and have now flown back to their base in the UK.

The host country, Ghana is in sixth position in the final medal standings with 68 medals.

The Arsenal forward reported to St George's Park with an injury and has been unable to participate in training.

The Super Eagles and Fulham midfielder was widely criticised by some Nigerian supporters for his display at the competition after the 2-1 defeat at the finals against Ivory Coast.

The Super Eagles camp in Morocco received six players (Wilfred Ndidi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Frank Onyeka, Francis Uzoho, Chidozie Awaziem, and Bright Osayi-Samuel) in the team’s camp on Wednesday, taking the arrivals to 22 players.

The two rivals will clash at the Grande Stade de Marrakech on Friday, which would be both teams' first game since the 2023 AFCON tournament that took place in Ivory Coast earlier this year.

More are expected to arrive at camp today, except for Victor Osimhen and Taiwo Awoniyi, who are out due to injury as they are scheduled to have their first training session at 4:30 pm local time.