Rice: I didn’t see Madueke’s shot again… and I thought it was a penalty

“Arsenal” midfielder Declan Rice commented His team lost to PSG in the Champions League finalYesterday, Saturday.

“It’s disappointing,” Rice told TNT Sports after the match. “Losing the Champions League final on penalties is devastating. I try to look at things in terms of how far we’ve come as a group. This has been an incredible season. We gave absolutely everything and took the game to penalties. It’s a game, but it’s football.”

He added: “The best teams ever have lost on penalties before and we were on the losing end tonight. We win together, we lose together and I am very proud of these young men. I can’t praise everyone enough.”

He continued. “Obviously I’m disappointed, but I’m trying to put things in perspective. It’s been an incredible journey this season. We will be back again.”

Regarding the two penalty kicks by Gabriel and Eberechi Eze, he said: “They are very disappointed after missing the penalty in the Champions League final, obviously that is not a good thing. But we love them and stand by them.”

“They won’t be the last players to miss penalties in the finals. Without these two players we wouldn’t have won the Premier League this season. We have not run out of words to describe Gabriel as a person and a player. Eze has scored some important goals for us this season. It happens, it’s football and it’s hard.”

As for the possible penalty kick when Nuno Mendes could have fouled Noni Madueke, he said: “Haven’t watched the game yet. At first glance on the pitch I thought he was ahead of Nuno Mendes. I was disappointed at the time because I thought the referee was going to go and review the game, but I thought the penalty wasn’t clear enough. bench”.

“To face Paris Saint-Germain, you have to be mentally prepared throughout the match. They wanted us to come out and play like Bayern played against them, but that’s how they scored five or six goals against the opposition. You have to be very patient and alert. Our game improved. A lot over the years and now it’s “Their Time”.