Declan Rice is hindered by how much he wants to win, former England captain Wayne Rooney has said after Arsenal beat Tottenham 4-1 on Sunday.
Rice made an error for Spurs' equalising goal in the first half of the north London derby, and Rooney thinks the midfielder needs to compose himself.
"It was a mistake and you make mistakes on the pitch," the former Manchester United forward said on The Wayne Rooney Show.
"The amount of times we've seen him wriggle out of a tight situation like that or pass through it, but I think it was because he got the team all together right after the goal that probably highlights the mistake a little bit more.
"With Declan, watching him over the past four weeks, he's getting more animated. He wants to win that much that sometimes it's not helping him.
"I was exactly the same - but take a deep breath and compose yourself and that will help him in this run-in. And I mean that as a compliment - he wants to win that much that after a bad result it's probably eating him up and you can see his frustration. Just take a deep breath."
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