Roy Keane and Gary Neville disagree with Pep Guardiola over teary Declan Rice moment

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Gary Neville and Roy Keane have both disagreed with Pep Guardiola's verdict on Declan Rice . The Arsenal star was captured by Sky Sports cameras saying "it's not done" after Manchester City beat the Gunners in a huge Premier League title clash last Sunday with victory over Burnley on Wednesday sending them top of the table.

Ahead of that game, Guardiola was asked about the Rice clip and the City boss admitted he loved it as it showed Arsenal's strong mentality and why they are in the title race. Neville and Keane however, saw it very differently.

The former said on the latest episode of Stick to Football : "Pep said he loved the Declan Rice clip saying 'it's not done', do you think Declan was in control when he was saying that or was it just emotion and hope?"

Ian Wright replied: "Whatever he was feeling at the time, if I'm the opposition watching that, I'd be thinking 'they're not done and he's their main guy'".

Keane interjected "No no wow."

Neville, in agreement with his former Manchester United team-mate added: "No, if I was watching Declan Rice nearly in tears, and saying it's not done, I'd be thinking you're done. 'It's not done, It's not done.' I look at him and think he's done."

Wright clarified: "This is what I'm trying explain, if Pep shows them that, the Man City players will be saying 'we've got them'."

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Neville then said: "It's a good response, I'm just saying I didn't feel confident- I'm a big fan of his and I said potentially last week that he would grip that game-

Keane brutally interjected: "And did he? Did he?" Neville, in response to that, said: "No I thought Bernardo Silva and Rodri got a grip of that game."

Keane finished off the exchange stating: "Exactly, exactly. You have to win that middle of the park battle."

Guardiola did offer a detailed verdict on why he was such a big fan of Rice's comment despite a second successive defeat in the Premier League.

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He told Sky Sports : "I saw it [on Monday] and it shows what Declan Rice means. That's the Arsenal mentality, we've faced it in the Premier League these [past] seasons and in the Carabao Cup, how competitive they are.

"Otherwise they can't have done the season they have done in the Premier League being there and being unbeaten in the Champions League , as you have Mikel [Arteta] but also these type of players that follow the message.