Declan Rice leaps to team mate’s defence amid Euro 2024 criticism

England midfielder Declan Rice has hit out against criticism that clouds over teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold after an underwhelming start to Euro 2024.

Gareth Southgate’s side have collected four points from their opening two games having scored just twice and creating less expected goals than every other team in the competition excluding Scotland.

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