It was a performance that could prove to be career defining.
Declan Rice cost Arsenal £105m, has played in two European Championship finals with England and won a European trophy at former club West Ham.
Yet it feels the Arsenal midfielder has truly announced himself on the world stage over these two legs in the Champions League quarter-final against Real Madrid.
No matter how good a player may be, how obvious the quality, it can require a special performance in the biggest of games for people to really take notice.
If they still weren't paying attention after his two stunning free-kicks at the Emirates last week, there could be no ignoring Rice's brilliance at the Bernabeu as his side won the return leg 2-1 to book a semi-final meeting with Paris St-Germain.