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Arsenal suffered heartbreak in the Champions League final in Budapest as they were beaten 4-3 on penalties by PSG after a tense 1-1 draw in 120 minutes.
It was set to be a historic evening for whoever won the coveted trophy – Arsenal looking for their first Champions League title 20 years on from their last final appearance, while PSG were aiming to defend the title they won last summer.
The Gunners made the perfect start too as Kai Havertz powered home inside six minutes. Marquinhos’ attempted clearance hit Martin Odegaard from close range, before landing into the path of the striker.
His lung-busting run ended with a superb finish from a tight angle over the head of the kneeling Matvey Safonov. It was another goal for Havertz in a Champions League final after he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for Chelsea against Man City in 2021.
It was a defensive masterclass from Arsenal for much of the 120 minutes, with PSG’s potent attack looking disjointed and void of ideas.
They needed a penalty to level after a sloppy foul from Cristhian Mosquera on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, going into the back of the PSG forward and catching him on the calf. Ousmane Dembele fired home a beautiful strike from the spot.
PSG continued to see a raft of chances in normal time as tired legs allowed the game to open up. In extra-time too, Arsenal had a penalty appeal waved away in the first 15 minutes.
Noni Madueke beat Nuno Mendes on the outside into the box, getting his body in front of the defender, before going down. Declan Rice had his arms in the air, as did the entire Arsenal bench – but the incident was not even reviewed, while Rice and Mikel Arteta were both yellow carded.
The game then went to the lottery of penalties. Eberechi Eze missed the Gunners’ second, but that was matched by a brilliant save from David Raya on the next spot-kick to keep out Mendes.
The two teams continued to trade blows until Gabriel stepped up for Arsenal’s fifth penalty – skying it into the jubilant PSG fans behind the goal.
It was a horrible moment for a player who did not deserve it – the Gunners defender had been one of their best players at the Puskas Arena – as Arsenal fell short in Europe once again.
“Devastated”, Declan Rice told TNT Sports of Eze and Gabriel after the game. “Missing a penalty in a Champions League final isn’t nice, but we love them.
“It happens in football. They aren’t going to be the last players to miss a penalty in finals. Everyone has missed a penalty. Without those two this season, we wouldn’t have won the Premier League. It’s cruel, but we take the positives.”
Arteta: We have to recognise how good this season has been
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to TNT Sports: “It’s very tough to accept. You are so consistent in the competition all the way until the final and in the end you lose the trophy on penalty kicks. It is a difficult one.
“We haven’t done it for 22 years [win the league] and it is only the second time in our history [we have reached the final].
“We need to recognise the season that we had. Nobody is going to take the pain away from you.
“I think you have to go through the motions. If you are in pain, go through the pain. If you have done something wrong, you have to learn from it.
“Reflect on that. Show the ambition that we want to go again.
“I’m so proud of them [the players]… we know internally what we’ve been through. To manage this group of players, the way they carry this badge. We got to the big one and we missed on the biggest one.”
Rice: This defeat won’t define us
Arsenal’s Declan Rice speaking with TNT Sports: “It’s devastating to lose a Champions League final on penalties. We tried to take a lot of perspective in how far we’ve come as a group. An incredible season. Our 63rd game in all competitions. We’ve given it absolutely everything.
“We took the game to penalties. It’s a lottery. That’s football, you can either win on pens or lose. Some of the best teams in the world have lost on pens. We’re on the receiving end of that tonight.
“We win together and we lose together. I’m so proud of these boys. What a season. It’s been incredible. I can’t speak highly enough of everyone. I’m obviously gutted but I’m trying to look with a bit of perspective. We’ll be back.
“The emotions and the stakes are so high. It’s cruel. He [Arteta] spoke about how much he loves us as a the group. How we’ve given 100 per cent every single game with everything that’s been thrown at us.
“This is only the start for us. We got over the line in the Premier League, this would’ve been one step further but it wasn’t to be. We keep building. Since I came to the club it was a quarter-final exit, then semi-final and now final. We keep going and keep staying positive. This isn’t going to define us.”
Odegaard: We have done something incredible this season
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard: “Everyone is really disappointed. When you are that close to winning, it is really tough to take.
“At the same time we know what we have done this season and we’ve achieved something incredible and we were so close to doing even better today.
“We wanted to win both the Premier League and the Champions League. We are disappointed that we couldn’t do that but the Premier League is a massive achievement. So we have to see the bigger picture and remember all the good stuff as well.
“I felt like we controlled the game after getting the first goal. They had the ball a lot but they didn’t create too many chances. In the end penalties is a tough way to lose.”
On Gabriel and Eze: “It is our job to pick them up now. We know what they have given to this team this season and we wouldn’t be here without them.
“That is a part of football, that is a part of life, it is our job to pick them – and everyone else – up and make sure we come back even better next season.”
Arsenal so close to Champions League dream
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate at the Puskas Arena: “Arsenal applaud their support and it is reciprocated. Pride of London is the flag waving in the Gunners end. So close, they are disconsolate.
“Eberechi Eze looks crestfallen despite the support of his team-mates. David Raya simply slumped to the floor with his head in his hands as Gabriel’s penalty soared into the stand.
“The pessimists among the Arsenal fans – and there are many of them – will think it typical that even upon ending their 22-year title wait, the season ends this way.
“Luis Enrique’s PSG are formidable, however, and Mikel Arteta’s men took then the distance and then some. No shame in this. Just a feeling of what might have been.”
Enrique: This win stronger than last year
PSG boss Luis Enrique: “It’s stronger than last year because we knew before the match just how difficult it would be to play against Arsenal.
“As a club and a city, it’s incredible to win, and I think we deserved it over the course of the season. The final was a real battle.
“This is the best moment of the season. We are still champions, two in a row, it’s amazing.”
PSG striker Goncalo Ramos to TNT Sports: “It’s a dream come true. We have a lot of personalities and we showed we’re ready for everything. Everybody believes in each other.
“I love these type of moments. I’m a striker and I’m always ready to take a penalty. I want to be there in the big moments.”
What’s next?
Already thinking about the 2026/27 Premier League season?
There’s a World Cup to fit in first – follow live blogs of every game on the Sky Sports App – but the key dates are locked in for next term, when Sky Sports will once again show at least 215 live Premier League games.
Here’s your summer diary:
June 11: World Cup starts – day-by-day fixture list
June 14: Scotland’s opener vs Haiti (2am)
June 15: Summer transfer window opens
June 17: England’s opener vs Croatia (9pm)
June 19: Premier League fixtures released (10am)
July 19: World Cup final
August 22-23: Premier League opening weekend
August 27: Champions League league phase draw
September 1: Transfer Deadline Day (window closes at 11pm UK time)
September 8-10: Champions League matchday 1
May 30, 2027: Premier League final day
Arsenal suffered heartbreak in the Champions League final in Budapest as they were beaten 4-3 on penalties by PSG after a tense 1-1 draw in 120 minutes.
It was set to be a historic evening for whoever won the coveted trophy – Arsenal looking for their first Champions League title 20 years on from their last final appearance, while PSG were aiming to defend the title they won last summer.
The Gunners made the perfect start too as Kai Havertz powered home inside six minutes. Marquinhos’ attempted clearance hit Martin Odegaard from close range, before landing into the path of the striker.
His lung-busting run ended with a superb finish from a tight angle over the head of the kneeling Matvey Safonov. It was another goal for Havertz in a Champions League final after he scored the only goal in a 1-0 win for Chelsea against Man City in 2021.
It was a defensive masterclass from Arsenal for much of the 120 minutes, with PSG’s potent attack looking disjointed and void of ideas.
They needed a penalty to level after a sloppy foul from Cristhian Mosquera on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, going into the back of the PSG forward and catching him on the calf. Ousmane Dembele fired home a beautiful strike from the spot.
PSG continued to see a raft of chances in normal time as tired legs allowed the game to open up. In extra-time too, Arsenal had a penalty appeal waved away in the first 15 minutes.
Noni Madueke beat Nuno Mendes on the outside into the box, getting his body in front of the defender, before going down. Declan Rice had his arms in the air, as did the entire Arsenal bench – but the incident was not even reviewed, while Rice and Mikel Arteta were both yellow carded.
The game then went to the lottery of penalties. Eberechi Eze missed the Gunners’ second, but that was matched by a brilliant save from David Raya on the next spot-kick to keep out Mendes.
The two teams continued to trade blows until Gabriel stepped up for Arsenal’s fifth penalty – skying it into the jubilant PSG fans behind the goal.
It was a horrible moment for a player who did not deserve it – the Gunners defender had been one of their best players at the Puskas Arena – as Arsenal fell short in Europe once again.
“Devastated”, Declan Rice told TNT Sports of Eze and Gabriel after the game. “Missing a penalty in a Champions League final isn’t nice, but we love them.
“It happens in football. They aren’t going to be the last players to miss a penalty in finals. Everyone has missed a penalty. Without those two this season, we wouldn’t have won the Premier League. It’s cruel, but we take the positives.”
Arteta: We have to recognise how good this season has been
Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta to TNT Sports: “It’s very tough to accept. You are so consistent in the competition all the way until the final and in the end you lose the trophy on penalty kicks. It is a difficult one.
“We haven’t done it for 22 years [win the league] and it is only the second time in our history [we have reached the final].
“We need to recognise the season that we had. Nobody is going to take the pain away from you.
“I think you have to go through the motions. If you are in pain, go through the pain. If you have done something wrong, you have to learn from it.
“Reflect on that. Show the ambition that we want to go again.
“I’m so proud of them [the players]… we know internally what we’ve been through. To manage this group of players, the way they carry this badge. We got to the big one and we missed on the biggest one.”
Rice: This defeat won’t define us
Arsenal’s Declan Rice speaking with TNT Sports: “It’s devastating to lose a Champions League final on penalties. We tried to take a lot of perspective in how far we’ve come as a group. An incredible season. Our 63rd game in all competitions. We’ve given it absolutely everything.
“We took the game to penalties. It’s a lottery. That’s football, you can either win on pens or lose. Some of the best teams in the world have lost on pens. We’re on the receiving end of that tonight.
“We win together and we lose together. I’m so proud of these boys. What a season. It’s been incredible. I can’t speak highly enough of everyone. I’m obviously gutted but I’m trying to look with a bit of perspective. We’ll be back.
“The emotions and the stakes are so high. It’s cruel. He [Arteta] spoke about how much he loves us as a the group. How we’ve given 100 per cent every single game with everything that’s been thrown at us.
“This is only the start for us. We got over the line in the Premier League, this would’ve been one step further but it wasn’t to be. We keep building. Since I came to the club it was a quarter-final exit, then semi-final and now final. We keep going and keep staying positive. This isn’t going to define us.”
Odegaard: We have done something incredible this season
Arsenal captain Martin Odegaard: “Everyone is really disappointed. When you are that close to winning, it is really tough to take.
“At the same time we know what we have done this season and we’ve achieved something incredible and we were so close to doing even better today.
“We wanted to win both the Premier League and the Champions League. We are disappointed that we couldn’t do that but the Premier League is a massive achievement. So we have to see the bigger picture and remember all the good stuff as well.
“I felt like we controlled the game after getting the first goal. They had the ball a lot but they didn’t create too many chances. In the end penalties is a tough way to lose.”
On Gabriel and Eze: “It is our job to pick them up now. We know what they have given to this team this season and we wouldn’t be here without them.
“That is a part of football, that is a part of life, it is our job to pick them – and everyone else – up and make sure we come back even better next season.”
Arsenal so close to Champions League dream
Sky Sports’ Adam Bate at the Puskas Arena: “Arsenal applaud their support and it is reciprocated. Pride of London is the flag waving in the Gunners end. So close, they are disconsolate.
“Eberechi Eze looks crestfallen despite the support of his team-mates. David Raya simply slumped to the floor with his head in his hands as Gabriel’s penalty soared into the stand.
“The pessimists among the Arsenal fans – and there are many of them – will think it typical that even upon ending their 22-year title wait, the season ends this way.
“Luis Enrique’s PSG are formidable, however, and Mikel Arteta’s men took then the distance and then some. No shame in this. Just a feeling of what might have been.”
Enrique: This win stronger than last year
PSG boss Luis Enrique: “It’s stronger than last year because we knew before the match just how difficult it would be to play against Arsenal.
“As a club and a city, it’s incredible to win, and I think we deserved it over the course of the season. The final was a real battle.
“This is the best moment of the season. We are still champions, two in a row, it’s amazing.”
PSG striker Goncalo Ramos to TNT Sports: “It’s a dream come true. We have a lot of personalities and we showed we’re ready for everything. Everybody believes in each other.
“I love these type of moments. I’m a striker and I’m always ready to take a penalty. I want to be there in the big moments.”
What’s next?
Already thinking about the 2026/27 Premier League season?
There’s a World Cup to fit in first – follow live blogs of every game on the Sky Sports App – but the key dates are locked in for next term, when Sky Sports will once again show at least 215 live Premier League games.
Here’s your summer diary:
June 11: World Cup starts – day-by-day fixture list
June 14: Scotland’s opener vs Haiti (2am)
June 15: Summer transfer window opens
June 17: England’s opener vs Croatia (9pm)
June 19: Premier League fixtures released (10am)
July 19: World Cup final
August 22-23: Premier League opening weekend
August 27: Champions League league phase draw
September 1: Transfer Deadline Day (window closes at 11pm UK time)
September 8-10: Champions League matchday 1
May 30, 2027: Premier League final day
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