Club captain Martin Odegaard opened up about the pain of a Champions League final defeat.
Arsenal were in dreamland in Budapest when Kai Havertz hammered the ball into the back of the net after five minutes of the match, but they knew they faced an uphill battle against the title holders.
‘We need to take our time in order to get over this’
Paris Saint-Germain were frustrated in the first half, but the pressure paid off from the favourites when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia courted a foul from Christhian Mosquera, and Ousmane Dembele buried the ball from the penalty spot. The stalemate persisted until the end of second half extra time, and ultimately, missed penalties from Eberechi Eze and Gabriel Magalhaes gave the win to PSG.
“It's painful at the moment, but when you look at the bigger picture, we've had an incredible season. We won the league for the first time in 22 years, and of course, being this close today as well.
“We need to take our time in order to get over this loss. The season's been amazing in a lot of different ways, we just couldn’t quite do the double, but we have to be proud of our performance.
“We've done some incredible things and we had a great run in the Champions League as well. We just have to use the feeling that we have now and also the positive feelings we have from this season to reflect on all of it, and make sure we come back even stronger in the next season.
“There are lots of good things to take and some things for sure in Europe as well.
“We have to celebrate the title with our supporters - they deserve that. I think we deserve that. We've done something incredible together and of course, it would have been even better with the double. But still, it's an incredible achievement and we're looking forward to seeing all our supporters.”