During his time at West Ham, the England international saw his lack of goals used to detract from his qualities. The likes of Roy Keane, Graeme Souness, and Jamie Redknapp pointed towards that area of Rice's game.
The midfielder has since joined Arsenal in a £105 million deal and provided six goals and eight assists in his 35 appearances in the Premier League. Those numbers already outshine what he produced for the Irons last term, but Rice believes the criticism was unfair.
"No, not really," Rice said speaking to The Athletic. "Because Roy Keane, (Graeme) Souness, (Jamie) Redknapp, people that talk about my goalscoring ability, if you looked at their goals, they didn’t score hundreds in their career.
"But they’re remembered for what they did as midfield players: Roy Keane breaking up play, being a hard-tackling midfielder, won loads of titles for United.
"The same with Souness. So I don’t know why when it comes to me it’s all about goals, because it’s never been my game. Since I’ve been scoring, no one has said anything!"
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