Mourinho Eyes EPL Title With United, Dismisses Wenger Rivalry, Defends Rooney

“In the PL tomorrow is a match between the two managers with the best record in the Premier League”.

Handed the captaincy of England and Manchester United, Wayne Rooney curbed his once wild behaviour that landed him in trouble.

Mike Phelan says there is “no excuse” for Wayne Rooney’s late-night drinking while on England duty.

Rooney complained of a knee injury on Monday and was unavailable for Tuesday’s friendly global against Spain.

The left-back is fully-fit again but could be overlooked against Arsenal, while it was reported that Smalling may not be play again before Christmas having broken a toe so badly in two places.

Alexis Sanchez, meanwhile, faces a fitness test on his hamstring and is not due to return from worldwide duty with Chile until Friday. Sanchez missed a draw against Colombia but returned for the 3-1 win over Uruguay on Tuesday, although his right leg was heavily strapped for the match.

Some skeptics have questioned whether the early afternoon kick-off will lead to an uneventful match, but clashes between United and Arsenal seldom disappoint.

“Sometimes we are invited to something – a wedding, a birthday – we can still play the professional role and say “no, we don’t drink” and “if you smoke, please, 20 yards between me and you”. “I’ll consider the way he feels as well”.

“But if you go one by one to see where these 23 players were, some of them were in worse places than the hotel bar”.

As for Wenger, his Arsenal side are in a fantastic position to end their long top-flight drought. Especially because my last Premier League title was 18 months ago, not 18 years ago.

Hull have played a league-high 55 per cent of their passes in their own half this season, while only Arsenal (66 per cent) have played a higher proportion in the opposition half than Sunderland (64 per cent). “They have had a lot of change over the summer and have some very exciting players, so I’m sure it will be a tasty encounter”.

That man was Mourinho who seemingly mocked Wenger for his lack of a league title in recent years.

He said: “In 2016 we lost one away game and that was at Old Trafford”. He added: “He’s made it clear over the last week that he’s convinced he wants the job”. Arsenal have a tough few games ahead of them in the last weeks of November and so we can not go into these games having been on the back of a disappointing defeat against a struggling United side. Manchester United are not going to win the Premier League and so they have to make it their absolute priority to get back into the Champions League, the competition where a club of their standing has to be.