Nine-man PSG beat Bayern Munich in CWC quarters
Desire Doue opened the scoring into the bottom right corner in the 78th after Harry Kane lost the ball, six weeks after also shining with two goals in the 5-0 triumph over Inter Milan in the Champions League final.
Substitute Ousmane Dembele wrapped up matters deep into stoppage time, after the French champions had lost Willian Pacho for a reckless challenge against Leon Goretzka in the 81st, and Lucas Hernandez earlier in stoppage time for elbowing Raphael Guerreiro.
Kane headed home in the 87th but was offside, and substitute Thomas Müller could also not help in what was his final Bayern game after 25 years at the club with dozens of titles and icon status.
Musiala meanwhile suffered a suspected left leg fracture in a scramble for the ball with Pancho and goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma on the last play of the first half.
Players from both sides looked distraught as German international Musiala, who was making his first start since a muscle injury sustained three months ago, was stretchered off the pitch.
While Bayern's campaign is now over, PSG move on into a semi-final against record Champions League winners Real Madrid or Borussia Dortmund, who complete the quarter-finals later on Saturday in a rematch of last year's European final.
"Moments decide these games, you win or you lose. We never gave up but that's football," Bayern midfielder Konrad Laimer told streaming portal DAZN.
Looking at the Musiala injury, he said: "It hurts a lot to lose a player like him. You could see in the first half what a fantastic player he is."
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