Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 4-3 on penalties after playing out a 1-1 draw after extra time in the UEFA Champions League final on Saturday evening.
They have now become only the second side to successfully defend the title in its current format.
PSG headed into the fixture as favourites, being the defending champions. However, it was Arsenal who started on the front foot.
The Premier League champions opened the scoring in the sixth minute. Kai Havertz picked up a loose ball, ran into the area and blasted it into the roof of the net.
He became the third player to score for two different sides in the Champions League final, following Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Mandzukic.
PSG then began to dominate possession, but could only fashion their first chance in the 43rd minute, when Fabian Ruiz headed wide from inside the area.
Havertz missed a chance to double the Gunners in the first half stoppage time, but Marquinhos made a vital block to prevent him from troubling Matvey Safonov.Omtb
Moments later, PSG registered their first shot on target, with Ruiz volleying a powerful effort towards goal, but David Raya comfortably dealt with it.
Hakimi stung Raya’s palms in the 55th minute as PSG started the second half aggressively.
The Arsenal goalkeeper was eventually beaten in the 64th minute from the penalty spot, with Ousmane Dembele sending him the wrong way.
The Frenchman joined Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Diego Milito, and Sadio Mane as the only players to score in every knockout game of a single Champions League season.
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Dembele missed a good chance to put PSG ahead when he picked up Raya’s misplaced pass, but could only drag his effort wide.
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia then struck the woodwork with his shot ricocheting off Myles Lewis-Skelly.
Bradley Barcola missed a good chance to score a late winner just before full-time, sending the game into extra-time.
Both teams failed to find the winner in extra-time, forcing the game to penalties.
PSG won on 4-3 on penalties, with Lucas Beraldo scoring the decisive spot-kick, securing the French side’s second-ever Champions League title.