Rice: We weren't good enough to be in the top four

Live on 16 December In a previous Premier League match, West Ham United lost 2-0 to Arsenal. In an interview after the game, Hammers midfielder Declan Rice said the team was not doing well enough.

Rice said: "We didn't perform well enough, it was far from the level needed to be in the top four. When facing Arsenal away from home, you can't come up with a performance like this and have them put pressure on you in the game. We're making bad decisions throughout the stadium, that's a fact. We lost the ball too easily, we had too many touches but didn't send the ball into the box, we were soft, didn't make tactical fouls, and played like that all night. ”

"We had some trouble in the first half when we hit their flanks and what we've been missing recently is a cross into the box and then the ball into the opposing goal, and tonight it happened again. In the second half, their Martinelli and Smith-Roy scored brilliant goals and it was clear that we didn't score and didn't remedy the disadvantage. ”

(Ma Dongyu)