Former Manchester City winger Shaun Wright-Phillips has outlined Arsenal's Premier League title hopes.
The Gunners showed their intentions for the season before the international break, beating Manchester City at home.
However, they dropped points in their next game, which has given the initiative back to City.
"For me, Declan Rice was a massive buy," Wright-Phillips told Betway.
"If you look at, say, City's team, he would be in there as well. He's added a lot of goals to his game. I think he was called out at a point last season saying he doesn't get enough goals, and in my opinion I was like: 'I don't really care if my CDM gets goals, as long as he cleans up and does the job he's meant to'.
"But he's taken on all the criticism and he's now getting goals and crucial goals, game-changing goals and also controlling games, playing well, being in the right position, cleaning up. I think he's a massive plus to the Arsenal team right now. If they are going to go for the title this year, I think he's going to be a key to them doing that."