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Both teams score in champions league final, a first in eight years

By nigerreport / May 30, 2026

Both teams score in champions league final, a first in eight years

Ousmane Dembélé’s equalizer for Paris Saint-Germain against Arsenal on Saturday (1-1, 65th minute) marked the end of an unusual eight-year streak in the UEFA Champions League final, where at least one team failed to score.

Ousmane Dembélé’s successful conversion of a penalty, earned by Khvitcha Kvaratskhelia just past the hour mark in the UEFA Champions League final between Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal (which ended 1-1 in the 65th minute), brought an unexpected eight-year scoring drought to a close. This particular match saw both competing teams register at least one goal, a scenario that had been absent from the final fixture for nearly a decade.

To find a comparable final where both sides netted goals, one must look back to 2018, when Real Madrid defeated Liverpool with a 3-1 scoreline. The seven subsequent UEFA Champions League finals had consistently featured at least one team failing to score. Interestingly, this isn’t an unprecedented occurrence in the competition’s history; an identical eight-final streak, where only one side scored or neither did, previously took place between 1988 and 1996.

Results of the previous seven finals
Liverpool – Tottenham (2019): 2-0
Bayern Munich – PSG (2020): 1-0
Chelsea – Manchester City (2021): 1-0
Real Madrid – Liverpool (2022): 1-0
Manchester City – Inter Milan (2023): 1-0
Real Madrid – Borussia Dortmund (2024): 2-0
PSG – Inter Milan (2025): 5-0

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