CORENTIN TOLISSO bagged a brace at the Allianz Arena as Bayern Munich beat Paris Saint-Germain 3-1.
Jupp Heynckes' men were unable to top Group B despite victory over their French opponents.
The game started in a blistering pace, with Julian Draxler being denied from close range by Sven Ulreich in the third minute, and they were immediately made to rue their missed opportunity.
Star striker Robert Lewandowski banged in his 20th goal of the season in the eighth, as he found the bottom right corner after getting on the end of a David Alaba header.
Neymar should equalised for the Ligue 1 outfit in the 33rd minute, but he was thwarted by a wonder save from Ulreich who somehow got his fingertips on the ball before it nestled in the back of the net.
Kylian Mbappe sent the Brazilian international through on goal with a glorious outside of right foot pass, but the ex-Barcelona winger failed to capitalise on the chance. And the French club were yet again made to pay, as midfielder Tolisso doubled the Bundesliga champions' lead.
The 23-year-old powered his header across goal in the bottom left corner in the 37th minute after a sensational cross from James Rodriguez. Just five minutes into the second half, Mbappe banged in his fourth Champions League goal of the season after dispatching a header from an Edinson Cavani delivery.
And they should have been back on level terms when Draxler squandered a key chance, before Ulreich again was called into action to palm away Mbappe's drive. Any hopes of a comeback were then dashed when Tolisso netted his second of the match in the 69th minute as he stroked his strike beyond the diving arms of Alphonse Areola.
Kingsley Coman done brilliant down the left flank to get past marker, before squaring the ball for the former Lyon star.
There was to be no late drama in Bavaria, despite Mbappe and Lewandowski both somehow failing to double their tally for the match.
Incredibly, Bayern have now scored in each of their last 68 competitive home games, but they couldn't score enough to drop PSG into second place.
From The Sun
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