Declan Rice insists Arsenal will achieve “special things” in the next few years with “unbelievable” manager Mikel Arteta at the helm. The Gunners on Wednesday beat Real Madrid 5-1 on aggregate to reach their first Champions League semi-final since 2009.

Declan Rice has shared his thoughts after he was deservedly handed the Player of the Match Award in Arsenal's win over Real Madrid, which books them a place in the Champions League semi-finals

There was very little else from those of an Arsenal persuasion at the Santiago Bernabeu on Wednesday night. For a period there were undoubted nerves but it was all in the name of having something to lose.