Both teams score in champions league final for first time in eight years
Ousmane Dembélé’s equalizer against Arsenal on Saturday (1-1, 65th minute) marked the end of a remarkable streak in the Champions League, as it was the first time in eight years that both competing teams found the net in the final match.
Ousmane Dembélé’s successful penalty conversion, earned by Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia just past the hour mark in the Paris Saint-Germain versus Arsenal final (1-1, 65th minute), brought an end to an extraordinary eight-year pattern. This marked the first time in nearly a decade that both finalists managed to score at least one goal in a UEFA Champions League final.
To witness a similar scoring event, one must recall the 2018 final where Real Madrid triumphed over Liverpool with a 3-1 scoreline. The preceding seven Champions League finals had consistently featured only one team managing to register a goal. Interestingly, this isn’t an unprecedented phenomenon in Europe’s premier club competition; an identical eight-final streak of one-sided scoring occurred between 1988 and 1996.
The outcomes of the seven preceding finals
- Liverpool vs. Tottenham (2019): 2-0
- Bayern Munich vs. Paris Saint-Germain (2020): 1-0
- Chelsea vs. Manchester City (2021): 1-0
- Real Madrid vs. Liverpool (2022): 1-0
- Manchester City vs. Inter Milan (2023): 1-0
- Real Madrid vs. Borussia Dortmund (2024): 2-0
- Paris Saint-Germain vs. Inter Milan (2025): 5-0