HIGHLIGHT 90| in 90 minutes: Bayern Munich beat 10-man PSG 1-0

HIGHLIGHT 90| in 90 minutes: Bayern Munich beat 10-man PSG 1-0

A first-half header from Kim Min-jae guided Bayern Munich to a 1-0 home win over Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday, damaging the French side’s hopes of progressing in the Champions League.

The centre-back scored after an error from PSG goalkeeper Matvei Safonov, starting ahead of Gianluigi Donnarumma, who spilled the ball into Kim’s path.

The South Korean’s effort was enough to decide the rematch of the 2020 Champions League final — won by Bayern by the same scoreline — and all but extinguishes PSG’s hopes of a top-eight finish and avoiding the playoff round.

Ousmane Dembele picked up a second yellow for an unnecessary challenge with half an hour remaining, with Bayern successfully shutting up shop as a result.

“It was an extremely intense game,” Leon Goretzka said to Amazon Prime.

“You could see in the starting XI they were going to try and hold onto the ball and to test us with their pressing -– and we pushed to the end and it’s nice we could be rewarded.”

With just three games remaining, even making the knockouts is not a given for the French champions, who are in 26th spot — two outside the playoff placings.

PSG host Manchester City in January along with facing tricky away trips to Red Bull Salzburg and Stuttgart.

Bayern’s top-eight hopes look rosier after the win, which extended their run of clean sheets to seven straight games in all competitions.

Bayern now sit 11th and take on relative European minnows Shakhtar Donetsk, Feyenoord and Slovan Bratislava in their remaining games.

– Enrique’s ‘choices’ –

Both sides came into the game unbeaten and six points clear in their domestic leagues but in dire need of points in Europe.

Bayern coach Vincent Kompany opted for the speed of Leroy Sane over the creativity of France winger Michael Olise up front.