Wayne Rooney believes the Premier League title race is far from over despite Man City’s 2-1 victory over Arsenal at the Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
Erling Haaland and Rayan Cherki scored the crucial goals for the Citizens either side of Kai Havertz’s equalizer to cut Mikel Arteta side’s lead.
With one outstanding game, Man City are now only three points behind Arsenal. If they defeat Burnley at Turf Moor on Wednesday night, they will top the Premier League standings.
After giving up a significant lead, many commentators and fans are suddenly dismissing Arsenal, but Rooney doesn’t believe it’s that simple.
Rooney Gives Thoughts On Title Race
According to Football 365, Rooney said: “This title race is not over yet, I still feel like there are some more twists and turns to come.
“It is is obviously going to be tight but City have got one more game to try to win, so I still have Arsenal down as slight favourites.
“I’ve been in this situation myself, where you need to win all your games for the title. You look at your games and you think well we should win this one, or that one, but it never pans out that way.
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“From now until the end of the season it is just going to be down to which team keeps their composure the best – that’s who will win it.”
Man City boss Pep Guardiola also played down expectations, he said: “I don’t know, I didn’t think Arsenal were in bad momentum. In the Carabao Cup we were better.
“Today we were really good. They came here after the defeat with hunger and we won. They are are so competitive, we know that. But at the same time, we are too.”
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