Wayne Rooney praises ‘incredible player’ as Arsenal replace Liverpool as Premier League leaders
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Wayne Rooney praises ‘incredible player’ as Arsenal replace Liverpool as Premier League leaders Published October 5, 2025 9:16am Updated October 5, 2025 9:16am Wayne Rooney discussing Arsenal’s victory over Sunderland (Picture: BBC) Arsenal are the odds-on favourites to win the Premier League after another positive weekend for the Gunners. Arsenal sealed a routine win over West Ham (Picture: Getty) Arsenal have come agonisingly close to winning the title under Arteta and this season could represent their best chance in over a decade given Liverpool’s inconsistency and the absence of other threats.
Analysing Arsenal’s victory over West Ham, Rooney paid tribute to ‘incredible player’ Saka, who became the seventh youngest player in history to reach 100 Premier League goal involvements. Bukayo Saka was on target against the Hammers (Picture: BBC) ‘Bukayo Saka is such an important player for Arsenal and for England,’ Premier League legend Rooney said on BBC’s Match of the Day. ‘Over the last three or fours years he’s probably been Arsenal’s most important player. ‘He’s had a few injured which have affected his numbers which would be even better if that wasn’t the case.
But he’s such an incredible player.’ Premier League title odds Arsenal 10/11Liverpool 5/2Manchester City 9/2Chelsea 25/1 (Odds courtesy of Betfair) After Arsenal beat West Ham at the Emirates Stadium, Gunners boss Arteta said: ‘I’m very happy. When we played Newcastle we said we had to learn from the past and the scars we had in that stadium. ‘Today as well we lost the previous two at the Emirates (against West Ham) but we won today and fully deserved it.’ On Saka scoring on his 200th appearance for Arsenal, Arteta added: ‘It’s exceptional what he’s doing at his age. ‘The impact he has on those matches, it’s very difficult to do and I’m very happy for him.