Derby hopes played down

Manchester United midfielder Michael Carrick admits the thought of a potential derby FA Cup final against local rivals City is an exciting one.

But he insists he is solely focused on tomorrow's showdown with Arsenal for the time being.

United and City both play last–eight ties at home this weekend and there is already talk about the prospect of the two sides meeting each other at Wembley in either the semi–finals or final.

The latter scenario, as Carrick acknowledges, would be particularly mouth–watering, but the 29–year–old has stressed he is thinking only of bouncing back from last week's 3–1 defeat to Liverpool.

"I can understand the fans getting excited about the possibility but we haven't even thought about the chances of an all Manchester final game at Wembley yet," Carrick said.

"We can't look beyond this one on Saturday yet because it is so huge. “