His goal inside two minutes against Dinamo underlined the quality he has. Gabriel Martinelli skipped past his man and picked out Havertz, who set the ball perfectly for Rice. The midfielder ran onto it and struck a sumptuous half-volley into the net.

Declan Rice scored after just 104 seconds as Arsenal recorded a 3-0 win over Dinamo Zagreb at the Emirates Stadium to put them on the brink of automatic qualification for the Champions League last 16.

Declan Rice says he was ‘annoyed’ despite scoring his first ever Champions League goal in Arsenal’s win over Dinamo Zagreb. The Gunners cruised to victory at the Emirates Stadium to put themselves in a great position to qualify for the last 16 stage and avoid two extra play-off fixtures next month.