But which one was better? What were the walls doing? And why are fewer free-kicks scored in football now? Via Opta's expected goals (xG) model, Rice's first free-kick had an xG of 0.037 (3.7% ...

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Rice had never scored from a direct free-kick until Tuesday, when his two moments of brilliance helped Arsenal to a 3-0 ...

Arsenal, 2009 While Cristiano Ronaldo was known for his close-range free-kicks, able to bend the ball over or around a wall better than nearly anyone in history, his most outlandish strike is ...

The England international scored two spectacular free-kicks during the contest. His first was a curler around the wall in the 58th minute. Rice beat Thibaut Courtois in the far post for his second ...

It seems like he cannot take any credit for Declan Rice’s two amazing free kicks against Real Madrid. Rice bent one around a defensive wall to put ... first leg soccer match between Arsenal ...

Arsenal's superstar midfielder scored not one, but two magical free kicks against Real Madrid in ... And I looked at the wall and I looked at Courtois and I saw the space to the right around ...

LONDON -- Declan Rice said his free kick "magic" against Real Madrid left ... And when I saw the wall, it didn't make sense to cross. You know what, I'm happy I took it because it was magic.

The wall was at fault here. The same for the 2nd free kick, you saw Courtois moving to his right just before Rice took it, a mistake by the goalkeeper.” While Sneijder’s opinion may differ ...

Rice opened the scoring by bending one free kick around the Madrid wall in the 58th minute and sent another into the top corner in the 70th as Arsenal won the first leg of the quarterfinals 3-0 at ...

Rice opened the scoring by bending one free kick around the Madrid wall in the 58th minute and ... “In the second half we forgot how to play good soccer. I won’t say we panicked, but we ...