Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice has revealed that David Beckham reached out to him after his sensational two-goal display against Real Madrid in last year’s UCL. He recently had his say while speaking to the press, and fans have been reacting.
According to him, receiving messages of praise after scoring a brace was superb because Beckham is one of the greatest ever when it comes to free-kicks.
Rice added that his plan for a successful set-piece will always be to know where he’ll put the ball and apply the right amount of pace.
His words, “He [Beckham] messaged me on Instagram about it.
That was crazy, because he had some of the biggest moments ever with free-kicks.
I remember the first time I met Beckham was in Qatar. We all approached him. Every player was like, he was a god, you know, because it’s Becks.
When I put the ball down [for a set piece], it’s just all about feel. It’s knowing where you’re going to put the ball, how much pace you’re going to put on it.
People might go: ‘How do you know that?’ You’ve got to go off instinct.
I know it can cause chaos, but it’s one of our strengths. Let’s keep it going because it’s been really good for us this year.”
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Arsenal Football Club is an English professional football club based in Holloway, North London. Arsenal compete in the Premier League, the top flight of English football.
The club has won 13 league titles (including one unbeaten title), a record 14 FA Cups, two League Cups, 17 FA Community Shields, the Football League Centenary Trophy, one European Cup Winners’ Cup and one Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. In terms of trophies won, it is the third-most successful club in English football.
After conducting an overhaul in the club’s operating model to coincide with Wenger’s departure, Spaniard Unai Emery was named as the club’s new head coach on 23 May 2018. He became the club’s first ever ‘head coach’ and second manager from outside the United Kingdom.
In Emery’s first season, Arsenal finished fifth in the Premier League and as runner-up in the Europa League. On 29 November 2019, Emery was dismissed as manager and former player and assistant first team coach Freddie Ljungberg was appointed as interim head coach. On 20 December 2019, Arsenal appointed former club captain Mikel Arteta as the new head coach. Arsenal finished the league season in eighth, their lowest finish since 1994–95, but beat Chelsea 2–1 to earn a record-extending 14th FA Cup win. After the season. Arteta’s title was changed from head coach to manager.
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