PSG Beat Arsenal on Penalties to Win Back-to-Back Champions League Titles as Gunners End 22-Year Premier League Drought
@Independent reported that Arsenal celebrated its first Premier League title in 22 years with a parade attended by an estimated half a million supporters, days after losing the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain on penalties in Budapest.
espn.co.ukArsenal secured its first Premier League title in 22 years and then lost the Champions League final to Paris Saint-Germain 4-3 on penalties after extra time in Budapest. Gabriel Magalhaes sent his penalty over the bar in the shootout, allowing PSG to claim back-to-back European titles.
Hundreds of thousands of supporters lined the streets around the Emirates Stadium days later for an open-top bus parade marked by red smoke from flares and sustained noise.
He added, “But next year we’re coming back for more. Get locked in or get locked out,” before joining England on Monday ahead of the World Cup. ” He said of the penalty shootout, “We took the game to penalties and it’s a lottery.
Rice noted, “That happens in football, they’re not going to be the last players to miss penalties in finals. ” Myles Lewis-Skelly, 19, started the Champions League final in midfield and was not born when Arsenal last won the title in 2004. Lewis-Skelly told Sky Sports, “First of all, I’m so proud of the boys.
I’m proud of the organisation in helping us get here because it hasn’t been an easy season. ” The women’s team paraded the Fifa Champions Cup they won in February on a separate bus during the same procession.
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