Pep Guardiola paid tribute to the performances of his young Bayern Munich players, despite the Bundesliga champions going down 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.
Bayern's defence of the league title was confirmed after Wolfsburg's defeat to Borussia Monchengladbach last weekend, leading to head coach Guardiola handing opportunities to the likes of Mitchell Weiser, Rico Strieder and Gianluca Gaudino.
"It was a very hard-fought and evenly-matched game," he told reporters.
"We needed to create more clear-cut chances. I’m very satisfied with my team and the performance we turned in.
"The young players also did very well indeed."
"We didn't take our chances to score when we had them," he said. "You can always fall behind to a free-kick when there's such a good taker on the pitch.
"No-one getting injured was closest to our hearts. That was the most important thing of all."
