Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was delighted with their 3-1 win against Liverpool.

Rice says they deserved the points on Sunday.

"We knew the importance of the game today, the small margins of football and the gap would have either come bigger or smaller," he stated.

"The only focus from everyone was to win and get three points.

"From start to finish it has been really positive and I think you could feel that today.

"Because we have people like Jorginho and skipper - Jorginho was good today.

"It was a kick in the teeth to concede, but we knew we had a good 45 minutes [in the first half] and we had to go out there and give everything.

"Of course when you are competing for titles they will tell you every game is so important.

"To do it in the way we did that is the thing we live for."

On player of the match Jorginho, he added: "How he controls games he has qualities that other players do not have.

"Playing in the same position he does stuff at such a high quality and over this years he has been a top player."