Dan Critchlow

2 weeks ago | dailycannon.com | Dan Critchlow

Declan Rice was the Arsenal fans’ clear choice for Player of the Match after Tuesday’s 3-0 win over Real Madrid, earning 96.5% of the fan vote and also picking up the official UEFA Player of the Match award. Jack Wilshere took to Instagram to label the midfielder a “bargain” after the match, and Arsenal fans were in full voice singing “Declan Rice, we got him half price” in the stands.

2 weeks ago | dailycannon.com | Dan Critchlow

Myles Lewis-Skelly made his first appearance in a European quarter-final on Tuesday night, featuring in the starting lineup for Arsenal against Real Madrid. Given the quality on show with the visitors, it would have been understandable for the 18-year-old to struggle. But he did the opposite, helping Arsenal to a clean sheet and assisting his team’s third goal of the 3-0 win. Squawka highlight that Lewis-Skelly completed 54 out of 57 attempted passes, making two tackles and creating two chances.

2 weeks ago | dailycannon.com | Dan Critchlow

For all the experience that Mikel Arteta has as a manager at this stage, he’d never come up against Real Madrid in a competitive fixture until Tuesday night. Arsenal’s last game against the club was in 2006, before Arteta even joined as a player, let alone a head coach. By contrast, Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City side have faced Real Madrid regularly, with nine matches between the two in the last five years, including a play-off tie this February.

2 weeks ago | dailycannon.com | Dan Critchlow

Though Arsenal’s 3-0 win over Real Madrid at the Emirates Stadium was arguably one of the best nights the club have ever had at the ground, the one reason to stay calm afterwards was that there’s still a second leg to come. Arsenal aren’t in the semi-finals yet, with Mikel Arteta admitting his players had been telling each other as much in the dressing room. “They were talking about it immediately,” Arteta confirmed.

2 weeks ago | dailycannon.com | Dan Critchlow

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes has been one of the club’s players of the season so far, and there’s no doubt he would have been in the starting lineup on Tuesday night if not for injury. It was largely thanks to Gabriel and William Saliba’s defensive partnership that Arsenal have done so well in the Champions League already. The team have conceded just three goals in the six games both players started together, and two of those came from penalties given away by Arsenal’s midfielders.