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Luis Enrique took a risk by starting Matvey Safonov in goal over Gianluigi Donnarumma, and it's hard to overlook his mistake on a Joshua Kimmich corner as the difference in the match.

It's fairly easy to guess what Donnarumma was thinking as he looked none too pleased on the bench, while Bayern celebrated Kim Min-jae's goal off Safonov's error.

That said, Safonov came through several times to keep PSG within striking distance in the second half, including a spectacular fingertip save off a fierce Jamal Musiala effort.

The Russian got just enough on that one to deflect the ball against the post and keep the deficit within a goal, and ultimately was not at fault for his team-mates' inability to score despite creating some quality chances while a man down.

After this defeat, PSG are in a real fix. As it stands, they are going to be eliminated at the first hurdle.

They sit 26th out of 36 teams and 18 teams have a game in hand on them!

And the only home game PSG have left is against Manchester City...

The Athletic’s signature match dashboard offers insights into the differences across the two teams tonight.

Bayern were cohesive across the pitch, with a structure that allowed them to dominate, while PSG were disjointed and struggled to feed their frontline or get their creative midfielders involved consistently.

At full-time Neuer, Kim and Upamecano celebrated as a little group on their own goal-line.

They looked secure tonight. Much, much more stable than against Barcelona and far less frantic.

A big improvement and as a measure of that progress, it’s now seven consecutive clean sheets as a trio.

With respect to Joshua Kimmich and Manuel Neuer, it was Kim Min-jae who had multiple key clearances as 10-man Paris Saint-Germain got closer to an equaliser than they probably had a right to, after Ousmane Dembele was sent off.

Add in the fact he was the lone goalscorer tonight, with credit to Matvey Safonov's error on Kimmich's corner kick, and Kim had perhaps his best night in a Bayern shirt since his 2023 arrival.

PSG had their moments but in truth, most of that game went against them and they struggled to show the quality to force the issue themselves. Ousmane Dembele’s red card on 57 minutes didn’t help either. Here’s how the numbers looked…

FT: Bayern 1-0 PSG

Bayern did enough and deserved it, although PSG did at least carry a threat throughout the majority of the 90 minutes. They will hope that carries them through their remaining league phase fixtures.

So many goals in the Champions League tonight but the headline is, undoubtedly, Manchester City — on a run of five-straight defeats, remember — squandering a 3-0 lead and drawing 3-3 against Feyenoord at home.

Elsewhere, there were massive wins for Barcelona, Bayer Leverkusen, Atalanta and, perhaps most impressively, Arsenal.

I’m glad Ed Mackey has brought up Harry Kane, because when you watch him play you can understand where some of the criticism comes from.

There is now limited involvement in games when a team is not directing everything they do through his goal threat. He is having to search out the ball, but is now doing it with seemingly reduced mobility.

You can’t deny the quality of his goals record but this was another example of why the England skipper’s game is starting to feel less effective at times.

In the build-up to the match, Harry Kane faced criticism from former Bayern midfielder Didi Hamann for his reputation of rarely turning in the big games.

And, despite the England's captain defence of himself in the pre-match press conference, his performance this evening did little to dispel the myth. He looked sharp at times with his build-up play in the first half but was a passenger for the majority of the second half.

To his credit, Kane did create three chances for his team-mates but had just one shot and two touches inside the PSG penalty area.

Ousmane Dembele entered tonight's fixture with the most shots and touches in the opponent's box among all Champions League players who had yet to score a goal this season. The PSG winger will have to wait even longer to open his account for the season after being sent off in the 57th minute.

Dembele showed his studs on a slide tackle against Alphonso Davies and though his feet did make fleeting contact with the ball, the Frenchman was handed his second yellow card of the evening.

Before his removal, Dembele only added to his unsuccessful attempts total with five more shots and two on goal to give him 21 and five, respectively, on the season. Now, he will miss PSG's Champions League fixture against Red Bull Salzburg on December 10, meaning he will not have a chance to get on the scoresheet in Europe this season until 2025.

FT: Bayern 1-0 PSG

There it is. The final whistle. Kim’s header, Safonov’s error, Dembele’s red card.

Those are the headlines on a much needed Champions League win for Bayern — and an increasingly desperate situation for PSG in Europe this season.

90+3' Bayern 1-0 PSG

One more chance? It’s a PSG corner and Safonov comes up for the delivery.

Bayern win the header, keep PSG from getting the ball back into the box.

Eventually Bayern win a throw-in, deep on their right.

90+1' Bayern 1-0 PSG

We have FOUR added minutes on the way, and it remains Bayern pushing for a second goal — far more than PSG’s 10 men trying to force an equaliser.

It looks like they’re run out of gas now.

89' Bayern 1-0 PSG

This is starting to feel over now for PSG, as we enter the final moments.

Muller breaks free again and sends a ball to the far post for Gnabry — but he can’t get a proper connection to turn it towards goal.

84' Bayern 1-0 PSG

Time for another booking! This time, it’s Gnabry taking out Hamiki from behind to stop a counter.

For those keeping count, that is the equaliser for Bayern. It’s now 3-3 on bookings, although that doesn’t include the second one that saw Ousmane Dembele sent off just before the hour mark.

83' Bayern 1-0 PSG

It is classic Thomas Muller as he receives the ball in the box, takes a touch and then slings a curling shot just wide of the far post with his left foot. He makes it look so effortless.

But it’s wide, and with that we get another PSG change with Marco Asensio on for Fabian Ruiz.

81' Bayern 1-0 PSG

Into the final 10 minutes we head. Bayern look relatively comfortable, but then they are playing 10 men.

And yet, I’m not convinced PSG have given up on getting something from this.

77' Bayern 1-0 PSG

Time for another booking… Mr Kovacs has been busy tonight.

Michael Olise this time, just five minutes after coming on, and after a late challenge on Laimer.

A further Bayern substitution follows, as Thomas Muller comes on for Musiala.