Bullish Declan Rice hits back at jibe from Man Utd legend.
- Wayne Rooney questioned Arsenal’s winning mentality after last week’s Champions League defeat to PSG
- The Gunners travel to Paris for a decisive semi-final second leg on Wednesday
- Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka were confident of a comeback
Declan Rice bluntly rejected Wayne Rooney’s claim. That Arsenal have a “psychological fear” of winning trophies and struck a bullish tone ahead of Wednesday’s Champions League semi-final second leg against Paris Saint-Germain.
Rice couldn’t help Arsenal avoid a 1-0 defeat at the Emirates last week. After starring in a 5-1 aggregate triumph over defending champions Real Madrid in the quarter-finals, the English midfielder struggled to replicate his all-action heroics as the เล่นบาคาร่า UFABET เว็บตรง ค่าคอมสูง hosts were comfortably beaten.
Manchester United icon Rooney questioned the mentality of Mikel Arteta’s squad. After the first-leg reverse. “There is a psychological fear of not getting over the lines,” the former England striker said in his capacity
“I think there is a fear! A hurdle they have to get over. They ran Man City and Liverpool close but you need to be successful on the journey and I don’t think they are making those steps. Arsenal are used to getting to a certain stage of the season and things fall away. I am telling the truth.”
When these comments were put to Rice ahead of Wednesday’s decisive tie in the French capital. He firmly disagreed, pointing towards Arsenal 2-0 victory over PSG in October. “It was the same team other than [Ousmane] Dembele and [Khvicha] Kvaratskhelia. Everyone else started and we beat them,” Rice pointed out. “So there’s no fear.