{"id":291115,"date":"2023-09-24T15:34:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-24T15:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=291115"},"modified":"2023-09-24T15:34:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-24T15:34:05","slug":"declan-rice-forced-off-in-north-london-derby-with-a-calf-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/declan-rice-forced-off-in-north-london-derby-with-a-calf-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Declan Rice forced off in North London derby with a calf injury"},"content":{"rendered":"
Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice was taken off at half time in Sunday’s north London derby against Tottenham with a left calf injury.<\/p>\n
The \u00a3105m summer signing has started every game this season, but Mikel Arteta was forced to replace his key man at the interval.<\/p>\n
Jorginho\u00a0came on for Rice, who was seen with a bandage on his left calf as he took his place on the bench at the start of the second half.<\/p>\n
Rice was on the pitch for a pulsating first half that saw Arsenal take the lead after Bukayo Saka’s shot was diverted into his own net by Cristian Romero.<\/p>\n
Tottenham his back before the break, though, with Son Heung-min drawing his side level after fine work by James Maddison.<\/p>\n
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Declan Rice was forced off at half time after picking up a calf injury in the north London derby<\/p>\n
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Jorginho (centre) replaced Rice, and made an error in the build-up to Tottenham’s second goal<\/p>\n
The Gunners restored their advantage in the early stages of the second half as Saka scored from the spot following a Romero handball, but their lead did not last long.<\/p>\n
Jorginho, still settling into the game after replacing Rice, was robbed of possession by Maddison, who kept his composure to slide the ball through to Son.<\/p>\n
The Spurs captain made no mistake as he calmly stroked his effort past Raya to make it 2-2.\u00a0<\/p>\n