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Arsenal fans say ‘unstoppable’ Gunners player gave his best display of the season at PSV despite not scoring

Giuseppe Labellarte

Tue 4 March 2025 22:01, UK Updated Tue 4 March 2025 22:19, UK

Arsenal are all-but through to the Champions League quarter-finals after running out 7-1 winners away at PSV Eindhoven in their last-16 first leg on Tuesday night.

Jurrien Timber, Ethan Nwaneri and Mikel Merino all scored for Arsenal in the opening 45 minutes at the Phil✅ips Stadion.

PSV pulled one bac💦k through Noa Lang’s 43rd-minute penalty, but it proved to be the merest of consolations in the enღd.

Arsenal were to run riot in the second ha꧑lf as Martin Odegaard and Leandro Trossard both struck in the first few minutes after the restart.

Odegaard then added a sixth in the 73rd minute before Riccardo Calafior♍i made it 7-1 in the 85th minute of the match.

But while Arsenal h🍌ad six different goalscorers on the night, Gunners fans were especially pleased with one player who di❀dn’t get on the scoresheet.

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Arsenal fans blown away by Declan Rice performance at PSV

The player in question in Declan Rice, who delivered an impressive performance as Arsenal’s No. 6 in the Champions League clash.

“Declan Rice has been unstoppable tonight,” one꧟ fan wrote on X. “He’s brought so much energy and dri🌳ve to Arsenal’s play.

“This might just꧟ be his bes🌺t performance of the season so far. What a player!”

Anoꦆther said: “Rice’s best match all season, IMO. Just an immense performance, so full of effort.”

The praise for Rice kept coming, with one fan saying: “Declan Rice with one of, if not his best performance in a🎃n Ars✃enal shirt.”

Another fan said: “Declan Rice back to h🌄is best tonight, all over the park, been struggling for form, hopefully kicks on.”

Another said: “Declan Rice – ༒GENERAL. In a game with many standout performances, Riceꦐ was on another level.”

“Just continues to evolve, does everything for the te🃏am. An absolute monster in the middl🌸e of the park, our best signing in years. If you don’t rate him, football isn’t for you.”

How Declan Rice fared against PSV

Rice delivered aꦫ masterclass against PSV as he ran tirelessly up and down the pitch, making the most of the opposition’s gaps in the midfield.

The England international created the opening goal with a neat turn and cross that found Timber, one of three accಌurate crosses he made in the game.

Rice created two big chances, completed one dribble, and also chipped in with three cleara☂nces and one interception.

Arsenal welcome PSV in the return f🅘ixture at the Emir♏ates Stadium on Wednesday 12 March, kick-off 8pm.

The Gunners are in Premier League before then, hea꧒ding to Manchester U🐠nited on Sunday 9 March.