Declan Rice: Arsenal need ‘big balls’ to reach Champions League final | OneFootball

Declan Rice says Arsenal need to have “big balls” and produce moments of magic to beat PSG and reach this year’s Champions League final.

The Gunners travel to Paris for the second leg of the semi-final a goal down after losing the home tie to an Ousmane Dembele striker at the Emirates Stadium.

“We need to have big balls and we need to go out there on the biggest stage and show that we’re ready to play at this level,” said Rice at Tuesday’s pre-match press conference.

He continued: “It’s a semi-final, it’s 90 minutes away from a final – I think that tells you everything you need to know.

“I think the manager spoke to us – us as a group of players know what we can achieve tomorrow night and it’s a game of football.

“We can go out there and we can achieve something great for this club and that’s what we want to do. We obviously know we’re 1-0 down but we have full belief, full positivity that we’re going to go out there and win tomorrow night.”

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Rice continued: “[Mikel Arteta] always talks about having someone delivering a magic moment.

“I think in that game against Madrid, obviously I was able to produce two free-kicks, which were incredible.

“But tomorrow night, a semi-final is set up for someone else to maybe get that magic moment.

“Hopefully it’s me again, but you’re going to need a moment of magic to win a game, and as a team we’re going to need that.

“So tomorrow night hopefully we can deliver something special.”

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