‘I am not keen on that’

Paris St-Germain supervisor Luis Enrique mentioned he was not keen on being known as a legend after profitable his third Champions League title towards Arsenal.

Enrique noticed his aspect win on penalties in Budapest to make it back-to-back wins for PSG and add to the trophy he received at Barcelona in 2015.

Solely Carlo Ancelotti has received extra – with 5 for AC Milan and Actual Madrid – with Enrique shifting stage with greats Zinedine Zidane, Bob Paisley and a sure Pep Guardiola.

“Legend? I’m not keen on that,” the 56-year-old mentioned.

 “I’m blended. Pleasure, fatigue. All the things however that is the very best second of the season. We’re nonetheless champions, two in a row, it’s superb.

“We deserved that. Our supporters, throughout the entire season. We need to be within the ultimate.

“It was very robust and troublesome. Congratulations to Arsenal, it was very robust.

“They performed nice. It’s regular. They attempt to take the match into phases they’re sturdy. We tried to manage the ball and press. Now we have received the title.

“It’s stronger than final yr as a result of we knew earlier than the match simply how troublesome it could be to play towards Arsenal.

“As a membership and a metropolis, it’s unimaginable to win, and I feel we deserved it over the ⁠course of the season. The ultimate was an actual battle.”

PSG trailed for an hour after Kai Havertz’s early strike and Enrique noticed his aspect dominate however fail to interrupt down the Gunners till Khvicha Kvaratskhelia received a penalty which Ousmane Dembele completed.

The match then went to penalties and whereas Nuno Mendes had his effort saved, Gabriel and Ebe Eze missed the goal for Arsenal to make sure a well-known night time in Paris.

PSG's Ousmane DembelePSG's Ousmane Dembele

Dembele added: “It’s been an enormous night time. We’ve labored laborious all season to win back-to-back titles.

“It’s good: ​we’re going to savour this. It’s been robust – the entire season has been robust – and ‌we’ve needed to cope with rather a lot.

“However ⁠ultimately, we’ve received the Champions League once more and we’re all delighted.”


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