Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice hailed the influence of manager Mikel Arteta after victory over Liverpool.

Rice says the players live off the energy exuded by their manager.

“He's our manager, he lives on the pitch with us," Rice told arsenal.com after the game. “He lives every ball with us and when you have that and you see what he transmits from the sidelines to the pitch, it gives you so much confidence as a player.

“We're really grateful we have him as our manager."

Rice highlighted the character inside the team.

“We've got some great characters in the team who were pushing on, driving on at half time that it wasn't a moment to let our heads drop.

“We couldn't let one moment of a lack in concentration affect what we'd done for that 45.

“We knew in the second half it was going to be a tough game but, in the end, we gave it everything and we got the three points which was massive for us.

“These are the moments we live for in football and I'm just so happy we could win the match, it was massive from start to the end and to get three points, with that energy from the crowd, was just unbelievable."