Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice says they must bounce back against Newcastle United this weekend.

Rice accepts they were poor for their Champions League round 16 first-leg defeat at Porto in midweek. The midfielder admitting they need an instant response to keep the season on track.

He said, "Coming into it as a new player, I think I have seen how many leaders there are in the team that drive it on and really want the best for each other. I think that is so good that there is an honest-speaking group. If you want to win things, go far in things, you need that.

“We said some stuff in there, positive stuff, and it's about Saturday now. We have to park this [defeat] and revisit it in two weeks."

Rice also stated: "You look at a load of their players, you look at Pepe especially, with the experience he has got in these types of ties.

"You look at our team, we are such a young group. Some of us have not played in the Champions League before [this season], so it is all about learning on the job."