West Ham United winger Andriy Yarmolenko made his first start in the Premier League at the weekend.
Yarmolenko scored twice for West Ham as they beat Everton 3-1 yesterday.
The Ukrainian was handed his first Premier League start of the season, and the wide-man caught the eye.
Yarmolenko firstly finished from close range, before he cut inside and bent a shot into the far corner, to give West Ham a 2-0 lead.
And Rice has said that all of West Ham’s team have been encouraging Yarmolenko to take more shoots.
“I’m happy for Yarmo because we’ve all been telling him to start shooting,” Rice said. “He usually wants to walk it into the net, but he shot twice and scored two great goals.
“Obviously we need Arnie in our side as he’s such a great player, but like I said, everyone was excellent – Yarmo, Felipe in his defensive game – and it’s a massive three points for us.”
West Ham’s win over Everton provided Manuel Pellegrini’s side with their first three points of the season.
West Ham are now off the bottom of the Premier League table, with Yarmolenko surely securing his place in the starting line-up for the coming weeks.
West Ham are next in action when they take on Chelsea on Saturday.
Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox
