Liverpool star Jeremie Frimpong explains celebrations after Arsenal Champions League final defeat

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SportFootballLiverpool FCArsenal’s dreams of winning on Europe’s biggest stage for the first time in their 140-year history ended in agony following a 4-3 shoot-out defeat to PSGJeremie Frimpong has explained why he celebrated Arsenal's Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. But Frimpong has now claimed his celebrations were not a means of rubbing salt into Arsenal's throbbing wounds.Taking to Instagram, he wrote: "Chill me and my friend made a bet, and I won, that's why I was happy" alongside a laughing and shrug of the shoulders emoji.FOLLOW OUR LIVERPOOL FC FACEBOOK PAGE!

All the latest news and analysis from Anfield on the Liverpool Echo's dedicated LFC Facebook pageThe Netherlands international was not the only player to welcome Arsenal's defeat as Richarlison carried on his feud with Gabriel by mocking his miss on social media, while Erling Haaland also got in on the action.Reflecting on his side's penalty shootout defeat, Gunners boss Mikel Arteta said: "He [Gabriel] wanted to take the fifth penalty. We have prepared and trained for this moment."Normally the penalty takers would be [the already substituted] Bukayo [Saka], Martin [Odegaard] and Kai [Havertz], and we knew that if it goes to extra-time, the penalty takers would be different players."In training, Ebz doesn't miss any penalties.

And we've been unfortunate not to have the same precision and efficiency that PSG had and that's the reason that we haven’t won it."Arsenal might have had a penalty of their own in extra-time when Noni Madueke was bundled over by Nuno Mendes.However, referee Daniel Siebert waved away Arsenal's appeals and VAR took no action. It is very tough to accept when you are so consistent all the way to the final and in the end you lose the trophy on penalties."Reflecting on the decision not to award his side a spot-kick in the closing moments of the first half of extra time, he added: "I watched all the penalties in the competition in the last 72 hours to understand what a penalty is and what is not, and that easily can be a penalty."But it is if, if, if.