# Declan Rice welcomes title race pressure after Arsenal's first Premier League win at Liverpool in 14 years

By Shiv Kearney (Ninety), Golden Era
Published: 2026-11-02T22:57:24.703Z
Section: Players
Event date: 1 November 2026
Tags: Declan Rice, Arsenal, Liverpool, Premier League, title race
URL: https://goldenera.si/news/declan-rice-title-race-pressure-arsenal-liverpool/

> Declan Rice says he welcomes the pressure of Arsenal's title race after their first Premier League win at Liverpool in 14 years, BBC Sport reports.

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Arsenal waited 14 years for a Premier League win at Liverpool. Declan Rice says the pressure that comes with it is welcome.

Rice joined BBC Sport's Kelly Cates, Danny Murphy and Micah Richards to analyse how Arsenal earned the victory. BBC Sport headlined the item "Rice relishing title race 'anxiety' after win at Liverpool". The word anxiety is the broadcaster's, in a headline. The item as listed carries none of Rice's own words.

Context is short. Fourteen years is a long time to wait for a league win at one ground. A first league win at Liverpool in that time is the sort of result that turns a title race from a hope into an argument, and Rice has now said he is happy to be in it.

My take: welcoming pressure costs nothing in early November. Pressure is the job at this level, and saying you like it is the easy part. Say it again in April, when the fixtures have run out of excuses.

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## Sources

- [Rice relishing title race 'anxiety' after win at Liverpool](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/videos/cxly47pyy8j6o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss), BBC Sport