Declan Rice is relishing the possibility of searching down Premier League leaders Liverpool after serving to Arsenal to a 5-1 thrashing of champions Manchester Metropolis on Sunday.

Rice performed a vital function within the Gunners’ triumph on the Emirates Stadium, grabbing two assists within the second half for teenage duo Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri.

The England worldwide additionally created extra probabilities (4) than any of his Arsenal team-mates, whereas solely Gabriel Magalhaes (71) and Thomas Partey (63) had extra touches throughout the contest for Mikel Arteta’s facet.

The outcome noticed Arsenal lengthen their unbeaten run to 14 consecutive top-flight video games (W9 D5), one thing they final managed underneath Unai Emery in 2018 (additionally a run of 14).

However, extra importantly, they closed the hole to Liverpool on the summit to 6 factors having watched Arne Slot’s facet beat Bournemouth on Saturday.

The Opta supercomputer fingers Arsenal only a 10.3% probability of lifting their first Premier League title since 2003-04, however Rice is assured that his crew can overcome the chances.

“Liverpool are nonetheless fairly far in entrance, particularly with the sport in hand and with them profitable yesterday you recognize going into the sport that it’s a must to win,” Rice informed Sky Sports activities.

“It’s extra disappointing the video games like Aston Villa after we had been 2-0 up and dropped factors as a result of we might be up there nearer to Liverpool.

“However we can be there, and we are going to preserve pushing. We do want others to assist us, however we all know what the purpose is and that’s to hunt them down and win the Premier League.

“We have to keep constructive, and I’m certain we can be positive.”

Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard, who acquired the scoring underway in simply the second minute, echoed the ideas of his fellow midfielder following the full-time whistle.

The Gunners have dropped factors to Everton, Brighton and Aston Villa in current weeks, however Odegaard insisted that Arsenal can beat anybody within the Premier League on their day.

“There may be a variety of stress going into this sport, however we performed an excellent sport. We all know we will beat any crew, and at the moment we confirmed that.”