Arsenal midfielder Declan Rice's two goals from free-kicks in the Champions League against Real Madrid provided a simple reminder.
There are not many better sights in football than watching a dead ball fly into the back of the net from a long distance.
Rice had never scored from a direct free-kick until Tuesday, when his two moments of brilliance helped Arsenal to a 3-0 victory in the first leg of the quarter-final at Emirates Stadium.
The first was curled around the wall and past goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois to put Arsenal ahead after 58 minutes, before Rice sent the ball bending into the top right-hand corner again 12 minutes later.