It was not until after the interval that Rice had his first, stroking home past Djordje Petrovic to turn the game on its head and give the visitors the lead, and he was at the double 15 minutes later, firing in a third after superb play down the right from Saka. Eli Kroupi scored a screamer to set up a grandstand finish, but it was the north Londoners who held on for a maximum return that sees them take full advantage of Manchester City’s faltering at Sunderland on New Years’ Day.
