Paris Saint-Germain sits on the throne of Europe again, but this time it did it the most agonising way possible - on penalties, after Arsenal held it in a clinch for a full 120 minutes. The final ended 1:1 after extra time, and in the shootout PSG triumphed 4:3. For the Paris club this is a second Champions League title.

Arsenal led as early as the sixth minute. Kai Havertz reached a loose ball, entered the box and sent it under the bar. With that goal the German became only the third footballer to score for two different clubs in a Champions League final - before him only Cristiano Ronaldo and Mario Mandžukić had done it.

PSG only woke up near the end of the first half, when Fabián Ruiz headed the ball past the post. Havertz could have doubled it for the Gunners in stoppage time, but Marquinhos stopped him with a crucial intervention. After the break the Paris side came out more aggressively, and in the 55th minute Raya was beaten from the spot - Ousmane Dembélé sent him the wrong way.

With that goal Dembélé joined Ronaldo, Messi, Diego Milito and Sadio Mané as the only players to score in every knockout game of a single season of the elite competition. The Frenchman then missed another good chance, and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia hit the post. The match went to extra time, where neither team found a winner.

In the shootout, the decisive kick was converted by Lucas Beraldo, and Paris kept the trophy it won the year before. The question still hanging over the London club is familiar from before: Arsenal was there again, close again, and again left empty-handed. How many times can a team be "the second best in Europe" before that becomes part of its identity?