Arsenal's showdown with Chelsea is the battle of the £100m pivots
on Saturday, it’s all the same to him. Following England’s mastery of the Azzurri at Wembley Rice took his turn in the mixed zone. With his cap on backwards, a la mode, Rice was beau monde sharp, fantastically centred, delighted to be Declan.
Minus Fabinho, Liverpool’s midfield has leaked more water than Old Trafford. Manchester United have thrown two players at the position and despite the qualities of Casemiro andRice has already shown his value at Arsenal, doing, as he might put it, the dirty stuff, 40-yard runs in all directions, forcing interceptions, nicking the ball off an opponent’s toe, and on one occasion, netting in added timein a game they might have lost.
Arsenal came apart in the championship rounds last term, unable to match City’s relentless pace. The defeat at home to City in February was a test failed. The value of the 1-0 win against the European champions before the international break will be decided by what happens next. That Chelsea are first in the slot keeps the ante high.is still working towards a functioning template. The 4-1 win at Burnley was the first time in 18 months Chelsea had cracked more than three goals.
In their way stands Rice, Arsenal’s top gunner, a real-life Tom Hardy; darkly handsome, silently strong, getting stuff done.There was something revealing about the way Arsenal progressed from obsequious deference to the dismantling, if by a narrow margin, of Guardiola’s creation.
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