Following Arsenal’s Champions League loss to Bayern Munich, Declan Rice achieved an unexpected professional milestone.

Bayern defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the second leg of their Champions League quarterfinal on Wednesday, winning 3-2 overall thanks to a spectacular header from Joshua Kimmich.

Even if there was less drama in the second leg than there was in the first at the Emirates, the Gunners’ chances of winning a trophy this season were significantly reduced.

In addition, Rice’s career reached an odd turning point that has been noticed by West Ham supporters on social media.

In fact, Rice has not advanced past the quarterfinals of a European competition for the first time in his career. He left West Ham for Arsenal in the summer of last year, signing a £105 million deal.

In his first European season, Rice assisted the Hammers in winning the Europa Conference League.

The next season, he made it to the Europa League semifinals, but Eintracht Frankfurt eliminated David Moyes’ team.

Other than that, Harry Kane’s dreams of taking home his first career title have been sustained by Bayern’s triumph.

After the match, the England captain stated to TNT Sports, “Yeah, an unbelievable win.” For us, this season has been difficult. There have been occasions when we’ve had to battle it out. We were confident that our home crowd could make a difference.

It was a challenging and close game. Josh [Kimmich] scored a fantastic goal. We may celebrate our wonderful success of making it to the semi-finals.

“I believe that the first half of these games is always a little cagey. We stated at halftime that we wanted to play with more energy and aggression. These games are always difficult, so you just have to get through them. We had a few off the post and could have made it easier for ourselves.

“The goal is to attempt to win the Champions League.” Perhaps there wasn’t quite the same tempo because we had won the league for eleven years running. That is not possible. We now have to attempt to prepare for Saturday while still enjoying the Champions League.”



According to Mirror, when the final whistle sounded, some Arsenal players collapsed on the Allianz field, but not Declan Rice.

Declan Rice may have knelt for a moment but quickly stood up straight, strode around the field, congratulated the Bayern Munich players , shook hands with his teammates and walked straight towards the moving Arsenal fans and his arms crossed. held high above his head to thank the home fans for their support who came to Germany to cheer.

 Rice congratulated England teammate Harry Kane on getting a ticket to the next round. 

In fact, to be fair, Rice’s contribution in the two matches was at a normal level. In Joshua Kimmich’s goal , Rice was nowhere to be seen.

However, this defeat cannot be blamed on Rice as all Arsenal players showed signs of weakness in the second half. 

This is the Gunners’ first return to the Champions League Quarterfinals in 14 years. For Rice, this is the first year in his career that he has enjoyed the Champions League atmosphere. So the reaction Rice showed after this morning’s defeat is encouraging and he will still be Arsenal’s leader for many seasons to come.