Wayne Rooney insists Manchester City’s comeback win over Liverpool was ‘huge’ for Pep Guardiola’s side and ‘deflating’ for Premier League title rivals Arsenal.

Man City looked to be slipping nine points adrift of leaders Arsenal as they trailed Liverpool at Anfield following Dominik Szoboszlai’s stunning free-kick.

Arsenal continued their title charge on Saturday, beating Sunderland 3-0, and were ten minutes away from boasting a huge lead in the title race.

But Man City scored two late goals, Bernardo Silva with the equaliser and Erling Haaland with an injury-time winner, to produce an incredible comeback and keep Arsenal’s lead to a still healthy but not insurmountable six points.

Rooney has urged the Arsenal players to ‘focus on themselves’ after a ‘deflating’ Manchester City win at Anfield as they bid to secure the club’s first Premier League title since 2004.

‘It’s an important one for Manchester City today,’ Rooney said on BBC’s Match of the Day. ‘It’s a tough place to go Anfield.

‘I thought Liverpool were really good second half, City were really good first half – then City have gone a goal down and dug in to get the three points.

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