Man City Have Psychological Edge Over Arsenal - Rooney

Former England skipper Wayne Rooney says Manchester City "will person nan edge" psychologically successful nan Premier League title race.

Leaders Arsenal, who are 9 points clear having played 2 games more, recreation to Etihad Stadium connected Sunday (16:30 BST).

Speaking connected The Wayne Rooney Show, he said City "know really to triumph nan title" and "have a manger who knows really to do it".

"I deliberation City will person nan separator connected that, conscionable purely nan head and players they've got. They will beryllium capable to enactment a small calmer than nan Arsenal players," said Rooney.

"They will beryllium worried because erstwhile you spell connected a tally and suffer a fewer games, you commencement reasoning 'where's nan adjacent goal, nan adjacent triumph going to travel from?' That antagonistic mindset really has an effect connected your performance."

Manchester City beat Chelsea 3-0 connected Sunday to return advantage of Arsenal slipping up pinch a 2-1 conclusion by Bournemouth connected Saturday.

Rooney said that whoever wins Saturday's "title decider" successful Manchester will beryllium favourites to triumph nan league.

He added that he thinks a tie will beryllium a "good point" for Arsenal, who whitethorn request to "play dirty".

Rooney added Mikel Arteta's broadside must "be reliable to break down, make judge there's nary gaps betwixt nan lines and effort to deed them connected nan break".

He added: "Whether nan fans for illustration that type of shot aliases not, they person to do thing to extremity City winning. They request to beryllium resilient capable to extremity City from scoring."