Real Madrid's Jude Bellingham expressed surprise over Declan Rice's brace of free-kicks for Arsenal in the first leg of their Champions League tie.
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Bellingham surprised to see Rice score two free-kicksArsenal lead 3-0 from first legMadrid face Gunners in second leg on WednesdayFollow GOAL on WhatsApp! 🟢📱Getty Images SportWHAT HAPPENED?
Arsenal and England midfielder Rice stunned Real Madrid with two free-kick goals as the Gunners ran out 3-0 winners in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final last Tuesday, giving Mikel Arteta's men a significant advantage heading into this week's return fixture.
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Los Blancos star Bellingham has revealed he was surprised to see his Three Lions colleague converting back-to-back set pieces. The defending champions, however, are not ready to give up without a fight, as they aim to stage an epic comeback at Santiago Bernabeu.
WHAT JUDE BELLINGHAM SAID
At a pre-match press conference, Bellingham was asked if Arsenal 'surprised' Madrid in the first leg, to which he replied: "Not really, no. We know the quality they have. I think the free-kicks were surprising! I've not seen Dec do that before, to be fair. I knew he could take set pieces really well, the corners and stuff, but I've never seen him do that with free-kicks. Fair play to him, that was probably the only thing though really, we knew they're a really good team."
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Bellingham added that Madrid are obsessed with mounting a fightback to overturn the 3-0 deficit: "The most word used in the dressing room in the last days is 'remontada' (comeback)."