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Declan Rice free-kick wins Arsenal Goal of the Season award

Declan Rice has been named as the winner of Arsenal’s 2024/25 Goal of the Season after supporters voted for his second free-kick against Real Madrid in the first leg of the UEFA Champions League quarter-final at the Emirates Stadium.

The midfielder’s long-range strike received 7,029 votes, finishing ahead of Stina Blackstenius, whose winning goal in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final came second in the poll.

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Rice had already opened the scoring in the 58th minute with a direct free-kick. His second, 12 minutes later, was a defining moment. From a near-identical position, he bent the ball into the top right-hand corner, past a static Andriy Lunin, sending the Emirates crowd into uproar.

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Blackstenius, who struck the decisive goal in the Champions League final against Barcelona, was narrowly edged into second.