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After missing out on the squad for the cup tie against Crystal Palace with injury, Declan Rice returned to the Arsenal team from the bench against Palace last weekend.

And it was something in return. He played in a more advanced no. 8 midfield role and contributed a goal and an assist in just 32 minutes, teeing up Gabriel Martinelli before flashing a low shot into the bottom corner himself to seal the win.

In doing so, he became the first Arsenal player to grab a goal and an assist from the bench in a Premier League away game since October 2018, when Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Aaron Ramsey both did so against Fulham.

Today, although he plays as a deeper no. 6 with less freedom of attack, he has the opportunity to take the fight by the scruff of the neck from the start.