JOHN TERRY dubbed West Ham’s Declan Rice the ‘best in his position’ after a masterclass against Liverpool.
The defensive midfielder captained his side to a 3-2 win over Liverpool, which took them up to third.
Rice’s role next to Tomas Soucek in front of the back four proved pivotal in breaking down attacks and then hitting on the counter.
And the England international won praise of the highest order in Chelsea icon Terry, who has only just joined Twitter.
He tweeted: “Decland (sic) Rice is the best in his position in world football. What a player.”
Terry’s former Chelsea team-mate Kurt Zouma scored the all important third for the Hammers to take them above Liverpool in the table.
Manager David Moyes has now called for his team to continue their fight for a spot in Europe.
Moyes said: “This result shows that we’re really in with a good chance of challenging for the top places.
“I’m hugely proud [that I’ve turned West Ham around]. The way the players have gone about it, you talk about me turning it around, these players were close to relegation.
“Now we’re pushing for Europe. It was a brilliant victory against a really good team.
“We played Thursday night as well, so to come and put on a performance…and the energy, we had to hang in at the end – it was great by the players.”
He added: “Even when we went 3-1 up, I was thrilled about that, but the opposition are so good.
“They got a goal back, we defended really well, they missed a great chance at the end which could have made it 3-3.
“But I think it might have been a bit unjust, because we had two or three really good chances to get another goal.”
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
