and the first to do so in a knockout game. Rice is the fifth player to score two direct free-kick goals in a Champions League match, after Rivaldo, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr and Hakim Ziyech.

Before Tuesday’s Champions League quarter-final first leg against Real Madrid, Declan Rice had not scored a free-kick goal in 338 games of club football. He had only taken 13 free-kick shots in ...

Via Opta's expected goals (xG) model, Declan Rice's first free-kick had an xG of 0.037 ... but stayed in the game and was in obvious pain after a headfirst slide. In today's edition: Judge ...

Arsenal stunned Madrid with a 3-0 win in Tuesday's first leg at Emirates Stadium as Rice scored the first direct free kicks of his 339-game club career to stun Carlo Ancelotti's side. After a ...

Rice had gone 338 appearances in his career without scoring a free-kick, only to become the first player in Champions League history to score two in the same knockout game - as well as only the ...