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'They smothered us... Arsenal are 100 per cent title challengers': Declan Rice heaps praise on Gunners after West Ham slump to defeat, with midfielder backing Mikel Arteta's side to keep up fight against Manchester City

Declan Rice claimed Arsenal can win the title after his West Ham side were convincingly beaten by the Premier League leaders.

Mikel Arteta’s side extended their advantage at the summit to seven points with a 3-1 win in the London derby on Boxing Day.

Afterwards when asked if Arsenal could go all the way, Rice said: '100%. They are a top team you can see they are coached incredibly well, have a lot of attacking talent, a young squad and they can go the whole way for sure.

Declan Rice backed Arsenal's title chances after beating West Ham on Boxing Day

'First-half we tried as hard as we could to stop them, we came up short and it's frustrating.