Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney has bizarrely stated that Arsenal can still win the Premier League title this season.
The Gunners – who will come up against Rooney and United on Sunday afternoon – are currently 15 points behind league leaders Manchester City after two Premier League defeats in a row, but Rooney is refusing to write them off.
Speaking about the teams involved in the title race, he said: “I certainly wouldn’t write Arsenal off, they’re capable of going on a big run. You can’t write them or Chelsea off.”
“It’s great for the league that there are so many teams that can win it.”
As for when the two teams met at the Emirates on Sunday, the battle between Rooney and Robin Van Persie – two of the most feared strikers in England – is likely to be key.
Speaking about the qualities of his opposite number, Rooney said: “Van Persie is scoring a lot of goals, playing really well, and he’ll be the biggest threat for Arsenal on Sunday.”
“He and Ramsey are certainly the two standing out for them this season.”
It was Rooney who came out on top the last time Arsenal and Manchester Untied went head to head of course, scoring a hat-trick as Sir Alex Ferguson’s men ran out 8-2 winners.
Looking back to this one-off result, Rooney said: “To beat Arsenal 8-2 with the players and history they’ve got, it was certainly a great result, and a shock as we didn’t expect it.”
“But since then, they’ve gone on a great run and any team under Arsene Wenger is capable of that.”
Arsenal will certainly be after revenge on Sunday, getting back to winning ways after the defeats to Fulham and Swansea.
Another interesting factor to this weekend’s clash at the Emirates is the fact that Thierry Henry and Paul Scholes – who both made surprise Premier League returns recently – will be going head to head.
Overall, it should be quite the afternoon!
