Paul Scholes says Declan Rice would be ‘virtually unplayable’ if he changed one thing
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15-second readDeclan Rice made a significant contribution to Arsenal's win at Anfield, making a powerful run and delivering a low cross for Kai Havertz to score. Paul Scholes praised Rice's performance, noting his physicality and comparing him to Steven Gerrard. Scholes admitted to being critical of Rice in the past but loved what he saw on Sunday.
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Declan Rice made a significant contribution to Arsenal's win at Anfield, making a powerful run and delivering a low cross for Kai Havertz to score. Paul Scholes praised Rice's performance, noting his physicality and comparing him to Steven Gerrard. Scholes admitted to being critical of Rice in the past but loved what he saw on Sunday. Havertz attributed 90% of the goal to Rice's brilliant overlap and perfect cross.
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Arsenal ended their 14-year wait for a win at Anfield on Sunday, and the moment that won it came from Declan Rice. With 16 minutes gone, Rice made a powerful, untracked run around the outside of Noni Madueke on the right and drilled a low cross across the six-yard box for Kai Havertz to tap in. Havertz told Sky Sports afterwards. “A brilliant overlap, a perfect cross.” It was a display that even won over one of his harshest critics. Speaking on The Good, The Bad & The Football, Paul Scholes admitted he’s been hard on Rice in the past, but he loved what he saw on Sunday. “Declan Rice has been good, yeah. I think that I’ve probably been a little bit critical of Declan over a few times, and Graeme Souness definitely has,” he said.
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