“Forget about my first UCL goal, I’m glad Arteta dropped him tonight and that’s why we won easily”- Arsenal star Declan Rice urges Mikel Arteta to drop off his £16M teammate from the starting lineup if Arsenal truly wants to maintain consistency of easily winning games
“Forget about my first UCL goal, I’m glad Arteta dropped him tonight and that’s why we won easily”- Arsenal star Declan Rice urges Mikel Arteta to drop off his £16M teammate from the starting lineup if Arsenal truly wants to maintain consistency of easily winning games
Declan Rice urges Arsenal to maintain consistency after easy victory over Dinamo Zagreb: ‘We need to keep winning’
Arsenal’s hectic January continued on Wednesday as the Gunners defeated Dinamo Zagreb 3-0 at the Emirates Stadium.
The win allowed the Gunners to climb into third place in the league phase of the Champions League ahead of the final matchday of the round, virtually assuring the North London side advancement into the next round.
It was Arsenal’s seventh match of the month so far, and it comes days after a disppointing Premier League draw with Aston Villa in which the Gunners squandered a two-goal lead.
Midfielder Declan Rice called Wednesday’s result “an important win” and he hopes that his team can take the momemtum of what he calls “a very positive Champions League campaign” into their domestic fixtures.
“What I learned from last year is that you need to be there or there abouts at this time of the season and we are at the minute,” Rice told TNT Sports about Arsenal’s league title campaign.
“Look, we need to keep winning games. I think the game at the weekend, 2-0 up [against Aston Villa], we drew 2-2 it’s a real kick in the teeth, we should be seeing it out but to bounce back tonight and win [is good] and now we go into Wolves [on the weekend].
“It’s been a tough month but keep being positive and we go again.”
With both Rice and Odegaard on target, two of Arsenal’s central midfielder were on the scoresheet.
Amid talk of the Gunners looking to bolster their attack before the January transfer window shuts, Rice has revealed what Mikel Arteta has said about sharing the goals around.
“Yes, it’s so important, the manager has been on us really hard about midfielders arriving because so many goals can come from there, it’s down to us to make up that extra five, 10 yards,” he added.
“Martin obviously did it right at the end of the game, I did for the header, so we got to keep arriving there but everyone is contributing.
“Look it was an important win tonight. It’s been a very positive Champions League campaign, so we’ve got one more to go now, hopefully we can win that as well.”
