Thierry Henry pinpoints Declan Rice error in Arsenal draw with Bayern Munich

In the aftermath of a 2-2 draw between Arsenal and Bayern Munich in their Champions League quarter-final, Thierry Henry blamed Declan Rice for failing to prevent the Bundesliga side's first goal.

Bukayo Saka scored the opening goal for Arsenal just 12 minutes into the match, but Serge Gnabry's quick equaliser capitalised on errors made by Gabriel and David Raya. Nonetheless, Arsenal legend Henry singled out Rice, criticising him for his unsuccessful attempt at intercepting Leroy Sane's pass meant for Leon Goretzka.

Sane had managed to intercept a poorly executed ball from Gabriel, giving Goretzka an opportunity to set up the equaliser with Gnabry, bypassing Rice's defensive efforts in the process.

Henry dissected the error on CBS Sports, drawing attention to Rice's misstep and saying: «The goal of Gnabry and what Declan Rice should have done at that particular moment, because you're the police officer and a mistake happened, you have to rectify it.

»More often than not he does it, but he didn't do it tonight. We talk about the goalkeeper coming, we talk about the back pass, but look at the distance between the two centre-backs, and I know at that particular moment it doesn't look like you're going to be in trouble.", reports the Mirror.

«At that moment you cannot make the three steps he's going to make. Leroy Sane wasn't born yesterday, you make those three steps, Goretzka sees it and runs in behind because look at the gap between Gabriel and Saliba, and you have a man [Gnabry] running.

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»If he [Rice] stays and sees the guys all in front of him,