Mikel Arteta revealed that Declan Rice is currently being assessed after limping off against Chelsea and warned that he will be forced into rotations for Arsenal’s midweek trip to Brighton.
Rice lasted the first 76 minutes of Sunday’s 2–1 win over the Blues, delivering the vicious in-swinging corner which led to Jurriën Timber’s second-half winner. The talismanic midfielder had some nervy moments against the club which released him as a 14-year-old—it took a very generous interpretation of the phrase “natural position” to overlook a potential handball in the first half—but bounded around the field with purpose.
