Declan Rice says celebrating goal would have been ‘disrespectful’ to Cork grandparents

The Arsenal midfielder opened the scoring against his former international side.
Declan Rice says celebrating goal would have been ‘disrespectful’ to Cork grandparents

England's Declan Rice refuses to celebrate scoring his side's first goal at Aviva Stadium. 

Declan Rice says celebrating  his goal for England against the Republic of Ireland would have been ‘disrespectful’ to his grandparents, who come from Douglas in Cork.

The midfielder opened the scoring in Dublin and he added to that by setting up Jack Grealish to make it 2-0 in the 26th minute.

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