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Champions League: Did Crystal Palace Mock Arsenal After PSG Defeat? Viral Tweet Makes Round

Samira Vishwas | May 31, 2026 2:24 PM CST

Arsenal suffered a heartbreaking 4-3 defeat on penalties in the Champions League final on Saturday (May 30) as they fell short of the European crown. Playing at the Puskas Arena in Budapest, Hungary, the Gunners had an early 1-0 lead but were eventually made to pay and lost on penalties against Paris Saint-Germain. However, it was the aftermath of the defeat that made headlines.

Crystal Palace tweet goes viral

Just minutes after Arsenal’s defeat to PSG, Crystal Palace, Arsenal’s London rivals in the Premier League, tweeted a picture. The picture was from their UEFA Conference League win on Wednesday as they lifted their maiden European title. They captioned the picture as “Champions of Europe,” mocking Arsenal in the process.

The defeat to PSG means Arsenal’s dream of lifting a heavyweight European trophy remains incomplete as they haven’t won the Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League. On the other hand, Crystal Palace, recently relegated West Ham, Arsenal’s arch-rivals Tottenham and Chelsea have all won European titles in the past.

Interestingly, Spurs and Chelsea have a rich history in Europe, something the Gunners lack.

PSG win Champions League

Arsenal’s Gabriel blazed his penalty over the crossbar to give PSG a 4-3 victory on spot kicks. The French champions made the worst possible start after Kai Havertz fired Arsenal into the lead in the sixth minute, lashing a rising shot past PSG goalkeeper Matvey Safonov. It looked like PSG would find no way through the meanest defence in Europe but Ousmane Dembele levelled from the penalty spot in the 65th minute after a foul by Cristhian Mosquera on Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.

A scrappy period of extra time could not separate the sides but PSG held their nerve in the shootout to become the second club in the Champions League era to win the trophy in successive seasons.

List of Champions League winners

SEASON	WINNERS	SCORE	RUNNERS-UP	VENUE
1955–56	Real Madrid	4–3	Reims	Paris
1956–57	Real Madrid	2–0	Fiorentina	Madrid
1957–58	Real Madrid	3–2*	AC Milan	Brussels
1958–59	Real Madrid	2–0	Reims	Stuttgart
1959–60	Real Madrid	7–3	Eintracht Frankfurt	Glasgow
1960–61	Benfica	3–2	Barcelona	Bern
1961–62	Benfica	5–3	Real Madrid	Amsterdam
1962–63	AC Milan	2–1	Benfica	London
1963–64	Inter Milan	3–1	Real Madrid	Vienna
1964–65	Inter Milan	1–0	Benfica	Milan
1965–66	Real Madrid	2–1	Partisan	Brussels
1966–67	Celtic	2–1	Inter Milan	Lisbon
1967–68	Manchester United	4–1*	Benfica	London
1968–69	AC Milan	4–1	Ajax	Madrid
1969–70	Feyenoord	2–1*	Celtic	Milan
1970–71	Ajax	2–0	Panathinaikos	London
1971–72	Ajax	2–0	Inter Milan	Rotterdam
1972–73	Ajax	1–0	Juventus	Belgrade
1973–74	Bayern Munich	1–1 (4-0 on replay)	Atletico Madrid	Brussels
1974–75	Bayern Munich	2–0	Leeds United	Paris
1975–76	Bayern Munich	1–0	Saint-Etienne	Glasgow
1976–77	Liverpool	3–1	Borussia Moenchengladbach	Rome
1977–78	Liverpool	1–0	Club Bruges	London
1978–79	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Malmo FF	Munich
1979–80	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Hamburger SV	Madrid
1980–81	Liverpool	1–0	Real Madrid	Paris
1981–82	Aston Villa	1–0	Bayern Munich	Rotterdam
1982–83	Hamburger SV	1–0	Juventus	Athens
1983–84	Liverpool	1–1 (4-2 on penalties)	AS Roma	Rome
1984–85	Juventus	1–0	Liverpool	Brussels
1985–86	Steaua Bucharest	0–0 (2-0 on penalties)	Barcelona	Seville
1986–87	Porto	2–1	Bayern Munich	Vienna
1987–88	PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (6-5 on penalties)	Benfica	Stuttgart
1988–89	AC Milan	4–0	Bucharest Star	Barcelona
1989–90	AC Milan	1–0	Benfica	Vienna
1990–91	Red Star Belgrade	0–0 (5-3 on penalties)	Marseille	Bari
1991–92	Barcelona	1–0†	Sampdoria	London
1992–93	Marseille	1–0	AC Milan	Munich
1993–94	Milan	4–0	Barcelona	Athens
1994–95	Ajax	1–0	AC Milan	Vienna
1995–96	Juventus	1–1 (4-2 on penalties)	Ajax	Rome
1996–97	Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Juventus	Munich
1997–98	Real Madrid	1–0	Juventus	Amsterdam
1998–99	Manchester United	2–1	Bayern Munich	Barcelona
1999–2000	Real Madrid	3–0	Valencia	St Denis
2000–01	Bayern Munich	1–1 (5-4 on penalties)	Valencia	Milan
2001–02	Real Madrid	2–1	Bayer Leverkusen	Glasgow
2002–03	AC Milan	0–0 (3-2 on penalties)	Juventus	Manchester
2003–04	Porto	3–0	Monaco	Gelsenkirchen
2004–05	Liverpool	3–3 (3-2 on penalties)	AC Milan	Istanbul
2005–06	Barcelona	2–1	Arsenal	St Denis
2006–07	AC Milan	2–1	Liverpool	Athens
2007–08	Manchester United	1–1 (6-5 on penalties)	Chelsea	Moscow
2008–09	Barcelona	2–0	Manchester United	Rome
2009–10	Inter Milan	2–0	Bayern Munich	Madrid
2010–11	Barcelona	3–1	Manchester United	London
2011–12	Chelsea	1–1 (4-3 on penalties)	Bayern Munich	Munich
2012–13	Bayern Munich	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	London
2013–14	Real Madrid	4–1*	Atletico Madrid	Lisbon
2014–15	Barcelona	3–1	Juventus	Berlin
2015–16	Real Madrid	1–1 (5-3 on penalties)	Atletico Madrid	Milan
2016–17	Real Madrid	4–1	Juventus	Cardiff
2017–18	Real Madrid	3–1	Liverpool	Kyiv
2018–19	Liverpool	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	Madrid
2019–20	Bayern Munich	1–0	Paris St Germain	Lisbon
2020–21	Chelsea	1–0	Manchester City	Porto
2021–22	Real Madrid	1–0	Liverpool	St Denis
2022–23	Manchester City	1–0	Inter Milan	Istanbul
2023-24	Real Madrid	2-0	Borussia Dortmund	London
2024-25	Paris St Germain	5-0	Inter Milan	Munich
2025-26	Paris St Germain	1-1 (4-3 on penalties)	Arsenal	Budapest