Arsenal Pursues Trophies While Declan Rice Aims to Outpace Liverpool

"Hopefully the new year brings us trophies - we've been working hard for that. To take our game to the next level and be among the elite, we need to start winning." The England midfielder shared with Amazon Prime.

"We can keep winning games but it means nothing if you don't win nothing.

"Liverpool are full throttle, they were under (Jurgen) Klopp and now under (Arne) Slot. They don't let anyone breathe. We need someone to help us out so they can drop points as we can only focus on ourselves and hopefully something can happen."

Arsenal's chances of chasing down a Liverpool side that have lost just once in 17 Premier League games under Slot has not been helped by a serious hamstring injury suffered by Bukayo Saka.

The England winger will be sidelined for at least several weeks with fears he may not return before March.

Rice said others now have to take extra responsibility in his absence and believes his own performances are improving after recovering from the physical and mental exertion of England's run to the Euro 2024 final.

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"Tonight was different without him - he's been our main man," added Rice.

"We're going to have to adapt. It's a great chance for players to step up over the coming months and make their mark.

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"I had a slow start after the Euros but the last couple of weeks I've found my feet again and I'm feeling back to myself."

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