Declan Rice’s goal against Man Utd wins award

Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice’s late goal against Manchester United has bagged the Gunners Goal of the Month award for September.

Rice won the award ahead of fellow summer signing Alessia Russo by just a single per cent, amassing 32 per cent of all the votes from the shortlist of six.

Declan’s moment against the Red Devils came in the sixth minute of stoppage time at Emirates Stadium as Bukayo Saka swung a corner to the back post where the midfielder was able to chest it down to his feet.

In the same movement, he swivelled and swung his right foot at the ball and saw it clip the foot of Jonny Evans and deceive Andre Onana between the United posts, to score his first Gunners goal and spark unbridled joy inside our home.

Rice in a post-match statement had said: “To score and feel the stadium erupt with the sigh of relief that we got the three points from such a massive fixture, it’s incredible and what we play football for.”