Real Madrid star, Jude Bellingham, has admitted he was surprised by Declan Rice’s free-kicks in the first leg of the Champions League quarterfinals a week ago.
The Gunners stunned their Spanish visitors with a 3-0 scoreline at the Emirates Stadium, going into the second leg with heads held high.
Prior to the game last week, there was no record of Declan Rice scoring from a freekick. But the England midfielder opened the scoring by bending a free kick around the wall in the 58th minute.
He scored another one 12 minutes later, lifling it into the top corner to the shock of many, even his own fans.
Bellingham, Rice’s national teammate, told the press ahead of the second leg that he was shocked.
“Arsenal surprised us? Declan Rice’s free-kicks were surprising, I’ve not seen him do that before (laughs). So fair play to him,” he said.
Rice and Bellingham have played together 32 times across competitions for The Three Lions.
This year, Rice made 44 appearances across competitions, bagging seven goals and nine assists.
