Declan Rice is ready to go again after the Brighton disappointment when Spurs arrive at the London Stadium following the international break.
But he can’t avoid looking over his shoulder at the Brighton result and saying: “We missed some gutting chances if we look back on it.”
Rice has much on his mind right now with a new contract offer on the table and an international decision to make: Ireland or England?
But his sole focus is the next game although with no action on the immediate agenda this is the perfect time to decide he will put pen to paper on a new five and a half year deal with the Irons.
Rice, however, wants only to talk football and said of the Brighton game: “There were positives. We had 70 per cent possession [in the second half] and you want to turn that into one or two goals and come away with a point at least. We missed some gutting chances looking back though.
“We’ve got to be positive, go again and obviously it’s Spurs next. Spurs is always a massive game, we had some great results against them last season and we’ve got two weeks now where we need to fight and be ready to get back to winning ways and three points.”
“If you look back on the game, with the amount of chances we had, we were unlucky not to come out with something,
It was a sloppy goal to concede and the first 20 minutes were a bit flat but, from then on, I think we dominated the game with our passing. “Fair play to Brighton, they were hard to break down and we’ve got to do a little bit more to put it in the back of the net.
“We don’t want to get on too much of a downer after Friday night. We want to stay positive and look forward to the Spurs game.”
