There was no stopping Rice’s opener, though, a fierce curling shot around the wall and beyond Courtois in the 58th minute for his first senior goal from a direct free kick. “It’s been in the locker, ...

In Champions League history, only five players have scored two direct free kicks in the same Champions League match. Scoring two free kicks in a single match is one of the best moments for a football ...

Brentford manager Thomas Frank has given his players a simple plan to stop Arsenal's free-kick maestro Declan Rice -- don't give away fouls near the penalty area. Frank was at the Emirates Stadium ...

He could easily have walked away with a hat trick, had a clever free kick not been ruled out. Here’s a look at the strike in question... Quick thinking from Messi, but why didn’t the goal stand?

Rice is only the third player in the last 15 UCL seasons with multiple direct free ... kick goals in the same Champions League match. The others are Rivaldo (BAR) in 2000 vs AC Milan, Cristiano ...

His two goals were the first the Gunners had scored from a direct free kick since Martin Odegaard did so against Burnley in September 2021. Rice ended a long drought by netting two of the best ...

Mikel Arteta said the first of Rice's curling efforts ended a four-year wait for a direct free-kick, with the last scored by Martin Odegaard against Burnley in September 2021. However, despite it ...

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

Courtois has since hit out at his colleagues for giving Rice the chance to be the difference-maker, believing that the fouls leading up to the two free-kicks were needlessly conceded.

Arsenal fans have gone wild after spotting Martin Odegaard’s reaction to Declan Rice’s second free-kick goal. Rice shell-shocked reigning European champions Real Madrid during Tuesday night ...