Arteta delighted that Rice 'took the initiative' in Real Madrid win

Mikel Arteta says he loved that Declan Rice didn't listen to the Arsenal coaches before scoring the free-kicks

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00:00Do you like that the players in those moments can take the initiative and say,

00:04I know the coach wants me to do this but I sense something, I sense I can do it?

00:08I love it, especially when he goes to the back of the net instead of a counter-attack

00:13so they have to make the decision, we're here to help them to try to paint the picture

00:19of what the options are but I loved it.

00:22I think when we talk about making the next step there's a lot about that,

00:27I'm taking initiative making things happen on the pitch and I'm

00:31believing that you can actually win the game by yourself sometimes and and I

00:35was really impressed the way he did it did you look at their games in the

00:38Champions League the amount of individual moments that won the football matches I

00:42mean in Champions League at this level, that's a that's a necessity without

00:46that else you have a chance to to progress and be in the in the finals and

00:51winning trophies like we won