Paris Saint-Germain forward Ousmane Dembele (second from left) celebrates scoring his team's first goal during the UEFA Champions League second-leg semifinal match against FC Bayern Munich in Munich on Wednesday. | AFP-JIJI

MUNICH – Paris Saint-Germain has been the most thrilling outfit in Europe over the last year, but Luis Enrique's side showed another side to its game as it held off Bayern Munich on Wednesday to reach a second straight Champions League final.

After its epic 5-4 victory in the first leg of its semifinal, when the attacking quality of both sides made for one of the greatest games in the competition's history, PSG got the job done in the return at the Allianz Arena thanks to a brilliant early goal followed by a heroic rearguard action.

Ousmane Dembele scored inside three minutes after a typically devastating counterattack, and the French champions then set about thwarting their hosts, as Bayern very nearly failed to score in a game for the first time all season.

In a time of both…