It Could Be 'now Or Never' For Arteta - Rooney

Wayne Rooney says this play could beryllium "now aliases never" for Arsenal head Mikel Arteta and he will beryllium "expected" to triumph silverware.

Arsenal were beaten 1-0 by Liverpool on Sunday arsenic Dominik Szoboszlai scored a stunning free-kick.

When asked connected The Wayne Rooney Show if he thought it was now aliases ne'er for Arsenal, Rooney said: "Maybe not for Arsenal, but I deliberation for Arteta, possibly.

"I deliberation they've allowed him to bring a batch of players in, walk a batch of money. I ideate nan committee and surely nan fans will beryllium expecting him to triumph nan league. So I deliberation it could beryllium a large twelvemonth for him."

But nan erstwhile England and Manchester United guardant thinks Liverpool stay nan favourites to triumph nan Premier convention this season.

"[Liverpool] are a very bully team," Rooney said. "They've sewage nan know-how and nan knowledge of winning nan convention doubly complete nan past fewer years. It's a motion of a bully squad erstwhile you're winning games."

Rooney added that he thought Arsenal should person shown much bravery astatine Anfield alternatively than mounting up for games "to not suffer them".

"If they were conscionable a small spot braver and went and really took nan crippled a spot much to Liverpool, I deliberation they tin spell and triumph that," he said.

"I deliberation that's a existent chance missed for Arsenal today. But past I deliberation Liverpool person done what champions do - they stayed successful nan game."

The erstwhile England skipper was speaking connected his caller podcast, The Wayne Rooney Show, which airs doubly play connected BBC Sounds, YouTube and iPlayer.

Liverpool-born Rooney, who began his profession astatine Everton, said he "hated" going to Anfield erstwhile he played for Manchester United arsenic "the thought of losing nan crippled was conscionable horrible".

"Obviously you're reasoning if you win, really bully it's going to feel. And nan aforesaid erstwhile we played Chelsea successful nan Champions League last - you triumph it, nan emotion you get is incredible. But nan thought of losing, astatine Anfield, emotionally it conscionable sewage to maine rather a batch of times," he said.

Rooney added that winning against Liverpool was ever "such a bully feeling".

"I was an Everton fan, didn't for illustration Liverpool from that. Then I went to United, didn't for illustration Liverpool from that. So beating Liverpool was specified a bully feeling," he said.

"I deliberation we could person sewage them successful nan [2008] Champions League final. It was Liverpool-Chelsea successful nan semi-final, truthful I was truthful gladsome it wasn't Liverpool successful nan final. Liverpool successful nan Champions League last would person been excessively much, I think, for me."

Rooney remembers his Manchester United head Sir Alex Ferguson telling him he would not play him astatine Goodison Park aliases Anfield.

"Alex Ferguson said galore times he's not playing maine astatine Goodison aliases Anfield. He could spot it successful me. He knew, emotionally, going backmost to those 2 grounds - particularly Anfield - was reliable for me."

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