When Ousmane Dembélé converted the penalty won by Khvicha Kvaratskhelia just after the hour mark in the Paris Saint-Germain versus Arsenal final (1-1, 65th minute), he brought an end to an improbable sequence. For eight straight years, neither finalist had managed to score in the Champions League final.
This rare feat hadn’t occurred since 2018, when Real Madrid defeated Liverpool 3-1 in Kyiv. The previous seven finals had seen at least one team fail to find the net. This isn’t the first time such a streak has happened in Europe’s premier club competition; between 1988 and 1996, eight consecutive finals saw at least one team go scoreless.
Results of the last seven Champions League 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
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