{"id":5865,"date":"2026-04-19T19:54:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5865"},"modified":"2026-04-19T19:54:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T19:54:01","slug":"wayne-rooney-makes-shock-premier-league-title-claim-after-man-city-beat-arsenal-football","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/8657085.xyz\/?p=5865","title":{"rendered":"Wayne Rooney makes shock Premier League title claim after Man City beat Arsenal | Football"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 300px 160px; gap: 2px; width: 460px; background: #eee; padding: 2px;\">\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u6574\u884c\u5bbd\u5e7f\u544a -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876674\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"grid-column: 1\/-1; width: 460px; height: 90px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876676\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u5de6\u4fa7\u7ad6\u6392 -->\r\n  <div style=\"height: 250px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876672\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  <div style=\"height: 500px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876680\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n\r\n  <!-- \u53f3\u4fa7\u6469\u5929\u697c\uff08\u548c\u5de6\u4fa7\u5b8c\u5168\u5bf9\u9f50\uff09 -->\r\n  <div style=\"grid-row: 3\/5; height: 750px; background: #ccc; display: grid; place-items: center;\">\r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e2\" data-zoneid=\"5876678\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n  \r\n  <script async type=\"application\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/a.magsrv.com\/ad-provider.js\"><\/script> \r\n <ins class=\"eas6a97888e6\" data-zoneid=\"5876682\"><\/ins> \r\n <script>(AdProvider = window.AdProvider || []).push({\"serve\": {}});<\/script>\r\n<\/div><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2270849285.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28038235\" alt=\"FBL-EUR-C1-LIVERPOOL-PSG\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Wayne Rooney will not rule Arsenal out of the title race (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Wayne Rooney still believes Arsenal are favourites to win the Premier League title despite Sunday\u2019s damaging defeat against Manchester City. <\/p>\n<p>The Gunners gave as good as they got at the Etihad Stadium but were ultimately left to rue missed chances and their failure to prevent Erling Haaland sweeping home the winning goal in the 65th minute. <\/p>\n<p>Pep Guardiola\u2019s side will now leapfrog long-time leaders Arsenal if they beat Burnley at Turf Moor in midweek courtesy of their superior goal difference. <\/p>\n<p>With five games to go, however, Rooney feels it is far too premature to write off Mikel Arteta\u2019s men, even if the bookies\u2019 now have City in the driving seat.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018This title race is not over yet, I still feel like there are some more twists and turns to come,\u2019 said the former Manchester United striker. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018It 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.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I\u2019ve 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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272084068.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28038303\" alt=\"Manchester City v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Pep Guardiola and Man City are now favourites to win the Premier League title (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018From now until the end of the season it is just going to be down to which team keeps their composure the best \u2013 that\u2019s who will win it.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>While he stopped short of agreeing with Rooney, Guardiola was keen to sound a note of caution and remind his ow players that winning the league from this position will be far from a forgone conclusion. <\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018I don\u2019t know, I didn\u2019t think Arsenal were in bad momentum. In the Carabao Cup we were better. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Today 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.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272079978.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28038312\" alt=\"Manchester City v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Erling Haaland scored the winning goal against Arsenal (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u2018The table speaks for itself. They have been the best. Congratulations to the guys, but don\u2019t lose the focus. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Wednesday is our game in hand and we can be there if we win. That\u2019s what we have to do. Doing it will be so difficult because Everton or Brentford, or Aston Villa, Crystal Palace. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018The games that we have. Bournemouth away. Last week they won in Emirates and Newcastle. It will be more difficult.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mikel Arteta, meanwhile, gave an emphatic answer when asked if he still retained hope his side can reverse their current slide and end their campaign with a bang.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"594\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2272078129_5bf6b5.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=594\" class=\"article-image wp-image-28038351\" alt=\"Manchester City v Arsenal - Premier League\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Arsenal have let a huge lead slip in the Premier League title race (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He said: \u2018100%. I said to the boys we have to look in the mirror and the team we played in the moment, the history they have, to come back from a goal down. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018There\u2019s a lot of things to take. The difference was in both boxes that\u2019s for sure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018At the end it\u2019s the result we came to conquer. 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