Declan Rice's instant three-word response to Man City loss decoded by lipreaders

Declan Rice's instant message to his Arsenal teammates after their damaging defeat to Manchester City has emerged.

City took charge of the Premier League title race on Sunday afternoon with a dramatic 2-1 win at the Etihad Stadium.

Pep Guardiola's side, who have been top of the table for a combined total of six days this season, will return to the summit if they defeat Burnley on Wednesday evening.

It's a bitter blow for Arsenal, who've started to collapse towards the business end of the campaign yet again.

As City players celebrated at full-time, Sky Sports cameras panned to Arsenal midfielder Rice, who issued a defiant three-word rallying cry.

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Speaking to Gunners captain Martin Odegaard, the 27-year-old declared that 'it's not done', before embracing his skipper.

The last few weeks have been sobering for Mikel Arteta's men, who've won one of their last six games in all competitions.

Arsenal were dumped out of the FA Cup by Championship outfit Southampton and scraped into the Champions League semi-finals with a 1-0 aggregate win over Sporting CP in that period.

Despite the odds now lying in City's favour, Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney echoed Rice's sentiment on Match of the Day. He believes Arsenal are still in a slightly favourable position purely because they've already got the points on the board.

Rooney said: "This title race is not over yet. I still feel like there are some more twists and turns to come.

"It is obviously going to be tight, but City have got one more game to try to win, so I still have Arsenal down as slight favourites.

"I’ve been in this situation myself, where you need to win all your games for the title. You look at your games and you think, well, we should win this one, or that one, but it never pans out that way.

"From now until the end of the season, it is just going to be down to which team keeps their composure the best – that’s who will win it."

After City travel to Turf Moor in midweek, Arsenal will play two Premier League games against Newcastle United and Fulham at the Emirates Stadium before their rivals return to action.