Jamie Carragher points out missed Declan Rice moment vs Man City - 'Real leadership'

Declan Rice has been singled retired by Jamie Carragher for his stellar enactment aft helium calmed the concern surrounding Myles Lewis-Skelly aft his onslaught for Arsenal

Jamie Carragher hailed Declan Rice's enactment arsenic helium calmed the concern astir Myles Lewis-Skelly connected Sunday.

The Arsenal youngster, whose banal has continued to rise, scoring successful the 5-1 demolition astatine the Emirates arsenic the Gunners ran riot. His astute decorativeness enactment the hosts 3-1 up arsenic they took power of the contention earlier helium pulled retired Erling Haaland's signature celebration.

The Norwegian was nationalist force No.1 connected Sunday aft immoderate issues successful erstwhile encounters against Arsenal and Lewis-Skelly chose to transcript his celebrated celebration. As his Arsenal team-mates gathered circular him, Rice was speedy to prime the teen up.

Carragher confessed helium wasn't a instrumentality of the solemnisation antics, but was hugely impressed with however Arsenal's midfielder dealt with him successful the moments after. Rice got him backmost up and past continued to telephone connected him to guarantee helium was successful the close framework of mind.

He said connected Sky Sports: "Listen I said astir him having shot arrogance connected the transportation and I loved it, I didn't liek this. He's a young player, mimicking Haaland possibly taking the mic. We each get carried distant arsenic young player, but I deliberation what Declan Rice did, helium pulls him up.

"It's a immense infinitesimal for him, but Declan Rice is telling him to get backmost into position. When I deliberation astir leaders successful that dressing room, being a elder player, you look astatine Declan Rice telling him to get backmost into position, let's not get carried away. Again, this is what elder pros should beryllium doing to young players."

Rice, present into his 2nd play with Arsenal, has agelong been lauded for his enactment characteristics and again showed them connected Sunday.

Gary Neville echoed Carragher's sentiment arsenic helium called connected Lewis-Skelly to stay grounded pursuing an fantabulous commencement to his Arsenal vocation - particularly with the distractions that perchance prevarication ahead.

"He's got a agelong mode to go, don't get carried away, determination are tons of pitfalls retired there," helium said. "You'll get wealth thrown astatine you, there'll beryllium distractions thrown astatine you, there'll beryllium tons of things that you'd similar to bash that you can't bash arsenic a young shot player.

"Forget it, you tin bash it erstwhile you're 35 - you've got 15 years successful beforehand of you, ore for 15 years connected doing this and doing it well. But watching him today, yea it was brilliant, I deliberation he's a bully defender. He's got a existent intent astir him."

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