West Ham United drew with Liverpool on Monday.
West Ham played out a 1-1 draw with Liverpool at the London Stadium in the Premier League.
Rice, who can operate as a central defender or as a defensive midfielder, started the match and played for the entire 90 minutes.
According to WhoScored, the 20-year-old took one shot, had a pass accuracy of 74.1%, won one header, and made eight tackles, two interceptions and one clearance.
The youngster was superb for the Hammers and stood his own against the top Liverpool players.
According to WhoScored, Rice has made 22 appearances in the Premier League for Manuel Pellegrini’s side so far this campaign, scoring one goal in the process.
The draw with Liverpool means that the Hammers are now 12th in the league table with 32 points from 25 matches.
Former Chelsea striker Sutton was following the match, and he was impressed with the performance of Rice for West Ham against Liverpool.
Sutton told BBC Sport: “West Ham didn’t chase the game all night and they let Liverpool have possession, but then they had real energy going forward.
“I thought Felipe Anderson and Mark Noble were very good but Declan Rice was sensational.”
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