Declan Rice is hindered by how much he wants to win, former England captain Wayne Rooney has said after Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 on Sunday. Rice made an error for Spurs' equalising goal in the first half of the north London derby, and Rooney thinks the midfielder needs to compose himself. "It was a mistake and you make mistakes on the pitch," the former Manchester United forward said on The Wayne Rooney Show. He wants to win that much that sometimes it's not helping him. And I mean that as a compliment - he wants to win that much that after a bad result it's probably eating him up and you can see his frustration.

Source: BBC February 23, 2026 17:23 UTC