Jamie Carragher stunned by West Ham midfielder Declan Rice this week
Jamie Carragher has been left stunned by the performances of West Ham United star Declan Rice in the Premier League.
The Sky Sports pundit voted the Irons skipper as the Man of the Match in the recent 1-0 win over Everton on Sunday afternoon.
Carragher blasted claims that Rice needs more goals and assists, as that has nothing to do with what he offers the team.
Speaking on Sky Sports Monday Night Football, Carragher singled out Rice for his performance at Goodison Park.
“I watched Declan Rice and I gave him the Man of the Match,” he said.
“It was interesting listening to Jamie Redknapp before the game about his price-tag, with people mentioning £80, £90, £100million.
“The way I watched Rice, it was a Roy Keane type performance, I never judged Keane or Patrick Vieira on goals of assists – those top midfield players.
“That was his performance, running the game from midfield, present, punching passes in, running forward with the ball and without. I’m a huge fan of his.”
What a player.
It seems ludicrous to us that people are only just starting to realise how good Rice is, it has been right under their noses for years.
After starring at the EUROs with Kalvin Phillips, England fans started to take notice but as soon as the Premier League started again, the same-old boring criticism started to appear again.
Why should Rice be scoring and assisting more goals? Is that his job? Do people say the same of N’Golo Kante at Chelsea? We didn’t think so.
Sunday at Goodison Park was just another example of our star man taking a close game by the scruff of the neck and guiding us through it.
Performances like that are much more important than goals and assists, and thankfully, Carragher was there to spell it out for people.
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