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Who wins the title remains anyone’s guess, but Rooney told BBC Match of the Day the Gunners will be lifting the trophy and even predicted it could be by a “comfortable five points”.<\/p>\n
“I think Arsenal will win it,” he said. “The fixtures are more favourable. I think they will win every game and Man City will slip up. <\/p>\n
“I can see Arsenal being quite comfortable. They have been fantastic and top of the league most of the season. City’s fixtures are all quite congested.”<\/p>\n
Hart, though, disagrees.<\/p>\n
A two-time title winner with City in 2012 and 2014, he said: “I don’t care who Arsenal will lose to, I look at Man City and their spine is so long.<\/p>\n
“It is full of multiple winners like Gianluigi Donnarumma. I am talking Rodri, Bernardo [Silva], Haaland. That is the spine I want to be part of. I think they will do whatever needs to be done.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, reacting to Arsenal’s win on Saturday, former Gunners forward Paul Merson told Sky Sports: “In his wildest dreams Arteta could not have asked for anything better.<\/p>\n
“If Arsenal win their next three Premier League matches, Man City will have to pull up trees. <\/p>\n
“They are always playing catch-up and that takes its toll in the end, knowing you have to win games just to stay in it.<\/p>\n
“I would pick Arsenal just because of the fixtures they have. I expect both teams to win all their games and I think it will come down to goal difference.”<\/p>\n
Former England midfielder Jamie Redknapp added on Sky Sports: “If it goes to goal difference, I see Arsenal have the big advantage when you look at the games. <\/p>\n
“But we are all guessing. Man City could blow teams away, anything could happen. I think Arsenal are favourites, but I don’t think they are 80% favourites.<\/p>\n
“For City, the games are coming thick and fast and Mikel can look after his players just that little bit more.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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