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Gary Neville hails £105m Declan Rice as Arsenal's 'new hero' after he nets crucial first goal for the club in dramatic 3-1 win over Man United... as he labels star the 'difference maker'

Gary Neville has praised 'difference maker' Declan Rice as the the Arsenal midfielder scored his first goal for the club in the Gunners' dramatic 3-1 win over Man United.

It looked like the two old rivals were heading for a share of the points when the game entered eight minutes of added time locked at 1-1.

However, Rice found space on the lefthand side of the box from an Arsenal corner to fire past Andre Onana via a Jonny Evans deflected to win it for Mikel Arteta's men.

Commentating on the game for Sky Sports, Neville spoke up Rice's goal and claimed it was moments like this that made the Gunners splash out a club record fee for the England midfielder.