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Arsenal's Declan Rice scores their side's first goal of the game during the UEFA Champions League quarter final, first leg match at the Emirates Stadium, London, April 8, 2025

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Arsenal 3-0 Real Madrid
Champions League report
by Layth Yousif
at Ashburton Grove

ARSENAL boss Mikel Arteta has hailed Gunners hero Declan Rice after the England midfielder’s sensational free-kick double was the catalyst for their magnificent victory over reigning Champions League holders Real Madrid.

Having the night of his life, the irresistible Rice — who had never before scored a direct free kick in his 338 previous matches — performed a miracle masterclass in fevered north London on Tuesday evening to notch a brace of outstanding second-half free-kicks to send the Gunners into dreamland.