**Manchester City stars Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki have been named on the bench against Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium.**
**Pep Guardiola**‘s side must win their game in hand over Premier League leaders **Arsenal** to cut the Gunners’ lead at the summit to two points ahead of Saturday’s **FA Cup** final against **Chelsea**.
City returned to winning ways against **Brentford** last week after a damaging 3-3 draw with **Everton** that has put Arsenal in the title race driving seat, though Guardiola has reminded his players that it is not done until it is truly done.
The Blues are chasing a domestic treble in the final fortnight of the season and having lifted the **Carabao Cup** at Wembley in March, City can add another piece of silverware to their cabinet by beating Chelsea in London on Saturday.
Guardiola has shuffled his pack for **Crystal Palace** on Wednesday night and ahead of the 20:00 UK kick-off at the Etihad Stadium, it has been confirmed that **Erling Haaland** and **Rayan Cherki** are on the bench against the Eagles.
City have made six changes to their starting XI from Brentford, with **Josko Gvardiol** back in the lineup for the first time since going off with a tibial fracture in a 1-1 draw with Chelsea in January.
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**Nico O’Reilly** has been excluded from the matchday squad altogether, though that is not believed to be down to a fitness concern and is likely only down to rotation.
**Rodri** remains absent as he nurses a calf issue sustained in April’s 2-1 win over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium, though **Abdukodir Khusanov** has returned to the lineup after missing the 3-0 win over Brentford with a knock.
**Nico Gonzalez** is also absent from the matchday squad as Guardiola keeps his promise of ringing the changes ahead of Saturday’s trip to Wembley.
To sum up, **Rayan Ait-Nouri**, **Phil Foden**, **Omar Marmoush**, **Savinho** and Khusanov have all come in for Manchester City – for **Nathan Ake**, Haaland, O’Reilly, Cherki and **Tijjani Reijnders** respectively – against Palace from last week’s starting XI against Brentford.