Declan Rice raced over to the Arsenal fans tucked away into the corner, grasped the television camera in both hands, and planted a smacker right on the lens. It was not just the broadcaster’s equipment he’d hauled into his clutches but Arsenal’s march to the Premier League title too.
As his Arsenal side huffed and puffed, nervous and edgy after Gabriel gifted Bournemouth an opener with an error that proved even the most level heads wobble sometimes, Rice stepped up with the first brace of his Premier League career.
With two waves of his right foot following Gabriel’s redemptive equaliser, two effortless passes into the bottom corner in the space of 17 second-half minutes, Arsenal were two goals in front.