Wayne Rooney backs Arsenal to win Premier League title despite Man City pressure

Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney has backed Arsenal to clinch the Premier League title, regardless of the Gunners going through a frightening run of fixtures and mounting stress from Manchester Metropolis.

Rooney’s feedback come at an important second within the 2025/26 marketing campaign.  Arsenal, who’ve led the desk for almost all of the season are going by means of a dip in kind, having simply gained one recreation of their final 5 throughout all competitions, having misplaced three and drawn one.

The 2 defeats got here in cup competitions, dropping 2-1 to Southampton within the FA Cup quarter-final and 2-0 towards Manchester Metropolis within the League Cup remaining.

Additionally they suffered an enormous set-back within the league, dropping 2-1 towards Bournemouth at house.

Rooney backs Arsenal to win the League

Talking to Amazon Prime Video Sport forward of Sunday’s huge conflict between the 2 title rivals, Rooney admitted that whereas the momentum appears to have shifted towards Manchester Metropolis, he nonetheless favours Mikel Arteta’s squad to get the job finished.

He mentioned:

“Sure, it’s an enormous recreation clearly for each golf equipment. I nonetheless assume Arsenal will win. I believe Metropolis clearly should be excellent with all their outcomes. Arsenal might afford to get a attract that recreation as properly. However I nonetheless assume Arsenal will simply nick it.”

The title race might go right down to the wire

The battle for the crown is about to go down the wire. At the moment, Arsenal are six factors forward of Metropolis however have performed yet one more recreation than Pep Guardiola’s aspect.

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Key Remaining Fixtures

Arsenal
Man Metropolis (A), Newcastle (H), Fulham (H), West Ham (A), Burnley (H), Crystal Palace (A)

Man Metropolis
Arsenal (H), Burnley (A), Everton (A), Brentford (H), Bournemouth (A), Crystal Palace (H), Aston Villa (H)

Out of the 2, Arsenal have a better run of fixtures and must be anticipated to see it by means of if they will get no less than some extent towards Metropolis.

Man Metropolis in the meantime don’t have any different possibility however to win each single recreation between now and the tip of the season to be able to stay within the title race.