Declan Rice sends clear Champions League message to PSG after Arsenal knock out Real Madrid

Declan Rice has insisted Arsenal can win the Champions League after knocking Real Madrid out of the competition.

The dynamic midfielder, who won man of the match yet again for his performance in Spain,

ensured Mikel Arteta's side won 2-1 on the night and 5-1 on aggregate, with PSG next up for the north Londoners in the semi-final. Arsenal have already beaten PSG this season and Rice believes the Gunners have what it takes to lift the trophy in Germany on May 31.

“It’s such a special and historic night for this club. We want to win this competition,” Rice told TNT Sports.

“There was a lot of talk coming here about them coming back because they’ve done it so many times before, but we had so much belief and confidence from the first leg that we had enough to come here and win the game.”

Arsenal will face PSG in the last four after the French champions edged past Aston Villa. “The semi-finals are massive for us. We want to take tonight in because we want to take it one step at a time. It’s PSG next who are an amazing team,” Rice said.

“We’ve played PSG once already. We feel they are a different team to back then. We’ve seen what they can do, but Aston Villa caused them a lot of problems.”