Deciding to take charge ahead of his captain and struggling club set piece coach, Arsenal’s Declan Rice was nothing short of inspired as he stroked home a pair of magnificent free kicks to help secure a 3-0 win over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg on Tuesday. And when the Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka was taken out in a central position, 30 metres from goal, shortly before the hour mark at The Emirates Stadium with the score 0-0 Rice turned to