PSG beat Arsenal on penalties to win back-to-back Champions League titles

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PSG beat Arsenal in penalty shootout to win back-to-back Champions League titles

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PSG players celebrate after Dembélé's equaliser.

PSG players celebrate after Dembélé’s equaliser. © Ina Fassbender, AFP

Defending champions Paris Saint-Germain beat Arsenal 4-3 on penalties to win their second consecutive Champions League title after a 1-1 draw in a tense final in Budapest on Saturday.

Paris Saint-Germain won back-to-back Champions League titles by beating Arsenal on penalties in a dramatic final at the Puskas Arena in Budapest on Saturday.

Arsenal defender Gabriel Magalhaes fired the last of his team’s penalties over the bar to hand PSG a 4-3 shootout victory.

The game was 1-1 at the end of regulation time and extra time, sending the game to spot kicks.

PSG celebrate wildly, heartbreak for Arsenal

A year after becoming only the second French club to win the Champions League, PSG are now the first to win two after a dramatic penalty shootout in Budapest.

Arsenal’s Gabriel, a rock in the Gunners’ defence, blasted the final penalty high over the bar to spark celebrations from PSG players and fans inside Puskas Arena.

Gabriel misses… PSG win Champions League again!

Gabriel does a Baggio, the ball flies over the crossbar, and Paris Saint-Germain have won back-to-back titles!

Berlando scores! PSG 4-3 Arsenal

It’s match point PSG.

Martinelli levels! PSG 3-3 Arsenal

Hakimi scores! PSG 3-2 Arsenal

Rice levels! PSG 2-2 Arsenal

Raya saves! PSG 2-1 Arsenal

Nuno Mendes’s shot is blocked brilliantly by the Arsenal keeper.

Eze misses! PSG 2-1 Arsenal

Doué puts the holders ahead! PSG 2-1 Arsenal

Gyokeres levels! PSG 1-1 Arsenal

And he scores! PSG 1-0 Arsenal

Raya goes the wrong way.

Off we go, Ramos is first up

A little harsh, this one.

Full time: PSG 1-1 Arsenal

We’re going all the way.

120 min: Arsenal have a last corner

The ball ricochets in the PSG box but nothing comes of it. We’re going to penalties!

117 min: Nuno Mendes booked

Nuno Mendes is booked for tripping his opponent to stop an Arsenal counter-attack.

No clear chances for a while now, but it’s ever so tense out there.

115 min: Will it go to penalties?

Raya does a Safonov by deliberately blasting the ball into touch, or at least it looked deliberate.

PSG have all the ball again and Arsenal are happy to sit back, with penalties now just minutes away.

107 min: Chance for Ramos

Scrap that, PSG are back on the attack, and Raya does very well to get in the way of the ever prowling Ramos.

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