'Pain and pride': PSG win back-to-back Champions League finals after penalties thriller against Arsenal

Paris Saint-Germain have become back-to-back UEFA Champions League winners after a nail-biting penalties finish.

Regular and extra time couldn't split either side with the match finishing 1-1 before it progressed to penalties.

Arsenal's Eberechi Eze was first to miss a penalty with his side's second attempt, however goalkeeper David Raya saved the next from PSG's Nuno Mendes.

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The shooutout came down to the final penalty from Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhães who sent it over the bar with PSG celebrating jubiantly.

PSG won last year's Champions League final 5-0 against Inter Milan.

Arsenal striker Kai Havertz scored first with a near-post finish in the fifth minute which had Gunners fans believing.

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At half-time, the Premier League champions stayed in front 1-0 but in the second half a penalty brought Arsenal undone.

As PSG went on the attack, Cristhian Mosquera brough down Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in the box.

The referee awarded a penalty and a subsequent VAR review supported the decision.

Ousmane Dembélé then stepped up to put PSG level in the 64th minute.

Extra-time and penalties followed with PSG triumphant.

The result means Arsenal missed the chance to do the double after winning the Premier League.

"Pain," manager Mikel Arteta said.

He'd soon use another: "Pride."

"What I said to the players and the staff is that if I said one million times 'Thank you,' it's not going to be enough," Arteta said.

Still, this was another season of huge progress by Arsenal.

A first Premier League title since Arsene Wenger's "Invincibles" of 2004.

A first Champions League final appearance in 20 years.

A domestic cup final, albeit a loss to Manchester City in the League Cup.

The Gunners can justifiably call themselves the best team in England once again.

They were almost the best team in Europe.

"You have to go through that pain, digest it, and turn it into fuel," Arteta said.

"Improve and reach a different level, because it will demand a different level with the quality that is around Europe."

Arsenal has been criticised by some for its pragmatic and often dour style of play under Arteta, but the team might be ready to evolve.

"First of all I will take a few days with my family and then we will start the process to review what we've done," Arteta said.

"And start to make some very important decisions if we want to reach another level," Arteta said.

"We are going to have to show that ambition, because we are more than capable of doing it. But you have to demand to be very, very ambitious, and act very fast and very smart." - with AP