Paris St-Germain have won the Champions League for a second successive year, defeating Arsenal in a penalty shootout.
The French side retained their crown in dramatic fashion, with the match ultimately decided from the spot after normal time failed to separate the two sides.
Arsenal suffered the agony of a shootout defeat, with Gabriel missing a key penalty during the decisive sequence.
The loss will be a bitter blow for Arsenal, who came agonisingly close to claiming the biggest prize in European club football.
PSG, meanwhile, can celebrate an extraordinary achievement in retaining the Champions League trophy they won twelve months ago.
Winning back-to-back Champions League titles places PSG among the most elite clubs to have ever competed in European football’s premier competition.
Arsenal had fought their way through to the final, raising hopes that the club could end their long wait for a European crown.
Gabriel’s missed penalty proved to be the moment that ultimately denied Arsenal their place in history on the night.
PSG held their nerve throughout the shootout to secure the victory and spark jubilant celebrations among their players and supporters.
The result confirms PSG’s dominance of European football, with the club now having lifted the Champions League trophy in consecutive seasons.
