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England are guaranteed a minimum of five teams in the Champions League next season after Arsenal's victory over Real Madrid in the first leg of the quarter-finals.

One win, in any of the three European competitions, would have secured the fifth place for England.

Two extra spots are awarded to countries based on their ranking in Uefa's coefficient table.

Liverpool and Arsenal look set to finish in the top in the Premier League, with Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Newcastle, Manchester City, Aston Villa, Brighton and Bournemouth, who sit 10th, all separated by 12 points.

England could have as many as seven teams in the Champions League in 2025-26 if Aston Villa win the competition this year, but fail to qualify through the Premier League, and if Manchester United or Tottenham win the Europa League.

Italy are second in the coefficient rankings, with Spain and Germany behind.

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"One place where crazy things happen is our house".

That was Jude Bellingham's warning to Arsenal's players after his Real Madrid team were beaten 3-0 by the Gunners in the first leg of their Champions League quarter-final.

The two sides face each other in the second leg on Wednesday, 16 April at Real's Santiago Bernabeu.

Madrid's loss on Tuesday was the club's joint-heaviest defeat in a Champions League knockout match and after the full-time whistle Bellingham said his side were "nowhere near it".

Even so, the England midfielder believes Real are "still alive" in the Champions League - a competition where they have a history of dramatic comebacks.

"We need something really special, something crazy really," Bellingham told Amazon Prime.

"We've got 90 minutes of football and anything can happen at the Bernabeu."

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After 338 games in his professional career Declan Rice had never scored a free-kick.

After 339 he'd scored two.

He'd only taken 12 free-kicks across his entire career prior to Tuesday's sensational 3-0 win for Arsenal over Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg at the Emirates.

He became the first player to score two free-kicks in a Champions League knockout match.

The sensational curling strike into the top corner was that good it left Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard and boss Mikel Arteta with their hands on their heads in disbelief.

Former Real Madrid and Brazil left-back Roberto Carlos - himself a master from a set-piece during his career - was seen looking glum-faced in the stands.

"I don't know whether it will ever sink in," Rice told Amazon Prime after the game.

Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at the Emirates Stadium

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Declan Rice stunned Real Madrid with two brilliant free kicks in the space of 12 second-half minutes - the first direct free kick goals of his entire career.

Mikel Arteta had asked the Arsenal fans to arrive early to create an impressive atmosphere inside the stadium, and the team responded.

The Gunners were the better side all evening and took the lead in the 58th minute, when Rice curled the first of two excellent free-kicks round the Real Madrid wall into the corner of the net past Thibaut Courtois.

Rice scored his second of the night with a free-kick of equal quality, bending another long-range effort into the top right-hand corner to leave Madrid stunned.

Mikel Merino then curled a shot into the bottom corner from inside the area just five minutes later.

Things only got worse for Madrid when Eduardo Camavinga was sent off in stoppage time for picking up a second yellow card.

Arsenal have not reached the semi-finals stage of the Champions League since the 2008-09 season, but they have given themselves a huge chance of progressing to the last four with this result.

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What about that Arsenal performance? Mikel Arteta called it "complete".

Arsenal recorded one of their greatest results at their Emirates stadium on Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over defending champions Real Madrid in the Champions League quarter-final first leg.

So much to discuss and we'll bring you the best reaction, analysis and stats.

First, here is a look at what on earth happened at the Emirates Stadium last night...