Declan Rice described Arsenal’s performance as ‘f***ing s***’ after their goalless draw with Nottingham Forest on Saturday.
Manchester City’s 2-0 defeat to Manchester United at Old Trafford in Saturday’s early kick-off gave Arsenal the possibility to go nine points clear at the highest of the Premier League.
Nevertheless, Mikel Arteta’s side were unable to seek out a well past a well-organised Forest side and the draw has put the Gunners seven points in front of City and Villa, who’re at home to Everton on Sunday.
Rice cut a frustrated figure after the full-time whistle and as he made his way over to Arsenal’s travelling fans at The City Ground, television cameras clearly caught the midfielder saying: ‘F***ing shit, every f***ing time.’
Meanwhile, Arteta is adamant that Arsenal created enough probabilities to beat Forest.
‘We obviously desired to win the sport and we knew the sport can be tough and really close as well, with the way in which they play, we created 4 big probabilities,’ Arteta said
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‘It’s happening throughout the league to each team. We now have to enhance and do higher and particularly while you create 4 big probabilities just like the ones we created you could have to place them away.’
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