Declan Rice made an error for West Ham United on Sunday.
Declan Rice has taken to Twitter to address his error in West Ham United’s 4-1 defeat by Arsenal on Sunday.
Instead of heading away Aaron Ramsey’s cross on 82 minutes, the 19-year-old ducked and swiftly regretted it as the Welshman’s delivery wound up beating Joe Hart and putting the Gunners 2-1 ahead.
For so long West Ham looked set to leave North London with a valuable point in their quest to stay in the Premier League, and manager David Moyes publicly criticised Rice on live television afterwards.
He has arguably been the Irons’ best and most consistent performer in an otherwise dreadful season and fans of the East London club – and neutrals – slammed Moyes on Twitter after hearing his comments.
But Rice has admitted on social media that he made a mistake, though rightly pointed out that it’s a learning curve for him.
Making mistakes like this is part of Rice’s development. They are inevitable, but addressing them publicly, despite the potential embarrassment of your manager highlighting it at full time, shows a maturity which belies his 19 years and he is right; he will bounce back.
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