Declan Rice started and played the full 90 minutes against Kosovo while on international duty for England.
Rice had a decent match completing 99% of his passes and achieved a Whoscored rating of 7.0/10. England won the match 4-0 against a less than impressive Kosovo, however, the 20-year-old only made one tackle in the defensive-midfield position.
However, prior to the game, a number of the Irons faithful took to Twitter to share their support for the 20-year-old and called on him to put aside any of the criticism he has received in the past and put his best foot forward.
.@_DeclanRice starts for @England against Kosovo
Good luck, Dec! pic.twitter.com/zTmf82NVPg
— West Ham United (@WestHam) November 17, 2019
1 mistake and everyone on twitter dot com will be onto him
— Jacob Green (@Jacobhgreen55) November 17, 2019
Come on Mr rice we are all behind u, forget all the critics we know your going to be a great England player
— mark Scott-denness (@denzil1974) November 17, 2019
Come on Dec!!
— Oliver Bruton (@olliebruton) November 17, 2019
Rice has played 1080 minutes for West Ham this season and has won one man of the match award.
Have a good game Declan stay fit we need you
— John (@JohnJohnj46) November 17, 2019
Hope he has a great game. Have a feeling this young man is at the start of a great career
— Michael Boylan (@Michael77967361) November 17, 2019
Good luck Dec
— Jose F Sanchez (@MrMeeker) November 17, 2019
What Do We Think?
Rice usually plays a decent game for his club and country, but perhaps he needs to have a few more standout games to really gain the praise of the masses. However, it’s good to see that the Hammers fans are fully behind there 20-year-old and hopefully that support will continue for the future.