Former Manchester United captain Wayne Rooney (Picture: Getty)Wayne Rooney believes upcoming games between Arsenal and Manchester City will be the decisive factor in this season’s title race. Arsenal’s surprising midweek draw against bottom-of-the-table Wolves has made the Premier League title race all the more interesting. March’s Carabao Cup final will see Arsenal and City come face to face, before the two sides head to the Etihad for a huge league clash in mid-April. Manchester City and Arsenal will meet on several occasions in the coming weeks (Picture: Getty)And five-time Premier League Rooney believes those stretch of games will hold the key to the title race. ‘I think a big factor is going to be if they meet in the Champions League,’ he said on the Wayne Rooney Podcast.

Source: Metro February 20, 2026 17:26 UTC