Declan Rice was the toast of the Arsenal dressing room after his Champions League heroics.
The midfielder scored two beautiful free-kicks as he impressed the Gunners to a 3-0 win over Actual Madrid.
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Mikel Arteta’s aspect now have one foot within the semi-finals forward of subsequent week’s second leg in Spain.
Rice’s efficiency on the Emirates Stadium noticed him named the participant of the match by UEFA.
After accumulating his award, the England worldwide obtained a hero’s welcome upon arriving within the dwelling dressing room.
His teammates have been fast to congratulate him, together with a few of the squad’s injured stars.
Gabriel filmed his interplay with Rice as they embraced following a historic European victory.
The Brazilian joked: “Oh my god, give me your proper foot please! Unbelievable brother!”
It comes after Gabriel was dominated out for the rest of the season with a hamstring harm simply final week.
Nevertheless, it didn’t cease him sharing his interplay with Rice to Instagram as they celebrated the outcome.
Arsenal followers have been fast to react on social media, with one writing: “Love this crew.”
In the meantime, one other additionally joked: “Gabriel is just too humorous.”
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Gabriel was not the one participant impressed, although, with Kylian Mbappe even showing to acknowledge the standard of Rice’s objectives.
Footage of the Actual Madrid ahead after his second strike confirmed him shrugging and elevating his eyebrows in disbelief.
Rice additionally grew to become solely the fifth participant to attain two free-kicks in a Champions League match and the primary towards the Spanish giants.
They have been additionally his first senior objectives from direct free-kicks after virtually 340 earlier membership appearances for West Ham and Arsenal.
Following Rice’s efforts, the Gunners sealed their victory with a 3rd objective from Mikel Merino.
It means the reigning champions might want to win by three objectives simply to take the tie to additional time.
The second leg is scheduled to be held on the Santiago Bernabeu subsequent Wednesday, stay on talkSPORT.
If Arsenal can defend their first leg lead they’ll face both Paris Saint-Germain or Aston Villa within the final 4.