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Declan Rice cracks a smile on the Arsenal bench as he talks through his wondergoal against West Ham... after opting not to celebrate against his former club

Declan Rice shared a laugh with teammates on the Arsenal bench as Mikel Arteta's side thrashed West Ham.

William Saliba, Bukayo Saka, Gabriel and Leandro Trossard had all got on the scoresheet before half-time at the London Stadium, with supporters departing en masse during the interval.

Saka then added a second after the restart before Rice completed the rout with an explosive finish from outside of the box to add insult to injury to the hapless Hammers.

As he wheeled away the England international chose not to celebrate shortly after was replaced by Mohamed Elneny with the result well beyond doubt.