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Arteta on ‘outstanding’ Eze and ‘immense’ Rice

Related Topics: Mikel Arteta, Declan Rice, Ebere

We made it through to the last eight of the Champions League thanks to a convincing 3-1 aggregate win over Bayer Leverkusen, and manager Mikel Arteta highlighted the performance of both goalscorers in the second leg.

Eberechi Eze continued his excellent recent form with his first ever Champions League goal in the first half - a rocket from outside the area - before Declan Rice capped a player of the match display with a cracking goal of his own in the second half.

And the winning margin could have been even greater, the boss said afterwards. “I'm very happy with the performance and the manner that we handled the game emotionally because in the first half we put so much into it.