Guardiola: This is Bayern's style of play, not mine

After watching the Bavarians make an
impressive start to the defence of their
European crown, the Catalan coach insisted
that he deserved no credit for the performance
Pep Guardiola was quick to deflect all of the
praise onto his players after Bayern Munich’s
3-0 win over CSKA Moscow in their Champions
League clash on Tuesday.
Goals from David Alaba, Mario Mandzukic and
Arjen Robben did the damage at the Allianz
Arena, and their Catalan trainer felt that it was
the team, and not the coach, that deserved the
credit for an impressive performance.
“The style we play is Bayern’s style, not mine.
I’m here to support my new players and I’m
very proud of them today,” Guardiola told
reporters after the one-sided Group D
encounter.
Bayern are aiming to be the first team in
Champions League history to win the
competition in two consecutive seasons, but
Guardiola stressed that retaining the title is an
onerous task right from the off.
“The first game after winning the Champions
League is never easy. Everyone always thinks
it’s easy, but it’s not,” he insisted.
“But I’m very satisfied with the performance,
especially our first-half display, which was very
pleasing.”
Bayern’s performances this season have come
in for criticism from some quarters, as club
director Matthias Sammer hit out at the
players’ lack of effort, though his comments
were not taken to heart by Guardiola and
president Uli Hoeness.