PSG beat Arsenal on penalties, win successive Champions League titles
What's the story
Paris Saint-Germain have won the 2025-26 edition of the UEFA Champions League. Notably, this is their 2nd successive title. PSG overcame Arsenal 4-3 on penalties after the match ended 1-1 after normal and extra-time respectively. Kai Havertz handed Arsenal an early lead. Ousmane Dembele equalized in the 2nd half for PSG with a well-taken penalty. Here are further details and stats.
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Winners!
Back-to-back 🏆🏆
— UEFA Champions League (@ChampionsLeague) May 30, 2026
Your 2025/26 Champions League winners: Paris Saint-Germain ❤️💙
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How did the match pan out?
The final started with a bang as Havertz scored for Arsenal within six minutes. However, PSG equalized through Dembele after Cristhian Mosquera fouled Khvicha Kvaratskhelia just after the hour mark. The game remained tied at 1-1 even after extra time, pushing it to penalties. Gabriel missed Arsenal's fifth penalty, handing PSG the title. Earlier, Eberechi Eze and Nuno Mendes had missed their penalties.
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Gabriel's missed penalty seals Arsenal's fate
As mentioned, Eze missed his penalty for Arsenal, but Arsenal keeper David Raya saved Mendes's attempt for PSG. The shootout was tense with both teams matching each other until Gabriel's miss sealed Arsenal's fate. Despite a strong performance throughout the match, Gabriel's miss proved costly.
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Unwanted records for the Gunners
As per Opta, Arsenal's possession average (24.7%) was the lowest by a team in a UEFA Champions League final on record (since 2003-04), as well as their lowest in any match under Mikel Arteta where they had 11 men on the pitch throughout. Arsenal remain the team with the most games in European Cup/UEFA Champions League history to never lift the trophy (226).
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PSG enter record books
As per Opta, Paris Saint-Germain are only the third side ever to win both their league title and the European Cup/UEFA Champions League in back-to-back seasons, after Real Madrid (1956-57/1957-58) and Ajax (1971-72/1972-73).
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Luis Enrique adds another trophy to his cabinet
PSG manager Luis Enrique won his 12th trophy with the club. Besides his 12 titles, he is a runner-up with PSG at the FIFA Club World Cup. Overall, Enrique has won his 3rd Champions League title. He also won the UCL honor with Barcelona in 2014-15. Overall, this was his 21st trophy at club level (9 with Barca).
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Dembele gets to 20 goal for PSG in 2025-26 season
Dembele scored his 20th goal of the season for PSG across all competitions from 40 matches. Meanwhile, he ended his Champions League campaign with 8 goals and 2 assists from 13 matches. Overall, he has 61 career goals in 134 games for PSG.