Declan Rice apologised to his teammates and the supporters after picking up the first red card of his career on Saturday.
Our midfielder was dismissed for a second bookable offence at the start of the second half, for an apparent time-wasting infringement when he nudged the ball away after Brighton won a free-kick.
It was Rice’s 245th Premier League appearance, and his first ever red card, and afterwards he spoke to us about the decision and the game as a whole. Here’s the full transcript…
On the game…
When we went 1-0 up we had a good bit of momentum in the game, especially the first 15 minutes.