I honestly can't believe Arsenal could beat Real Madrid 3-0 so badly. I guess I overestimated the strength of Real's attack, because in the Arsenal match I think Mbappe, Bellingham and Vinicius were more in each other's way on the pitch than helping Real to score and if it wasn't for Courtois' great performance Real would have lost even bigger.
Terrible game of Real and what Ancelotti will do now in the return match is unclear, given that Arsenal can still defend.
Perhaps this is Arsenal's best game of the season, after the game against PSV, when Arsenal managed to score 7 goals.
Courtois made some great saves and helped Real Madrid avoid conceded goals in the first half but it's a match for Declan Rice. He scored two fantastic goals from free kicks and Courtois is a victim unavoidably. No goalkeeper can make a save against those outstanding freekicks and Real Madrid lost this match not only because of those free kicks from Declan Rice.
Their attacking players had a very bad match and both Mbappe, Vinicius, Jude Bellingham nearly disapeared in this match. They must wake up to perform better in the second leg, because with the very big advantage and increasing confidence, Arsenal will not easily be beaten in Bernabeu stadium in the second leg.
Bellingham was more memorable to me when he knocked the ball almost off the goal line and saved Real from a goal and was I think more useful than Vinicius and Mbappe. It seems to me that Vinicius did not see Mbappe and did not pass to him and it greatly reduced the attacking potential of Real, besides Vinicius did not hit the goal at all and did not escalate the attack of Real. Considering the competition from Endrik and Rodrigo, Vinicius is in for a tough time.
Declan Rice had a great match and his two free kicks were executed masterfully, in the style of David Beckham, but even before those free kicks Arsenal played great and if it wasn't for Courtois, Arsenal should have scored earlier.