Arsenal's faint hopes of winning the Premier League took another blow on Sunday despite Declan Rice securing Mikel Arteta's men a 1-1 draw on a day of protest at Manchester United. The Gunners could ill afford any slip-up given their title hopes hung by a thread,

Declan Rice dismissed critcism of his goal celebration against Manchester Untied as nothing more than ‘football banter’. The Arsenal midfielder cancelled out Bruno Fernandes’ superb free kick with an equally impressive strike with 14 minutes remaining of Sunday’s Premier League clash at Old Trafford.

Chances had been very few and quite far between for Manchester United at a quiet Old Trafford on Sunday where neither the Red Devils nor the Gunners had tempted the scoreboard headed into stoppage time.