Victory could spark them into life, defeat and a miserable winter looms large. NANI has backed Wayne Rooney to prove his critics wrong and show his best days are ahead of him. Now he has been handed a taste of first-team action at White Hart Lane, naturally the youngster is desperate for more. Finnan, now 40, retired from professional football in 2010 after spells?at?Espanyol and Portsmouth, and now works in property development. n Arfa hasn't featured in the last three gamesEmery recently said: There are some players who are ready and some who are not. itle winning season, and two defeats already this season have served to highlight the challenge. But if we accept before that it is difficult then we can perform and that is what we should do. Related StoriesNew flingDanny Ings celebrates Liverpool return by taking a Manchester stroll with my. deliver against the lesser sides in the Premier LeagueLiverpool beat Chelsea 2-1 at Stamford Bridge - Antonio Conte's first loss as managerAnd that is because thrown in the mix with those outstanding performances was a woeful display as the Reds crashed to a 2-0 defeat at Burnley. However, Wenger has repeatedly been linked with the 28-year-old striker.