Pep Guardiola heads back to Bayern Munich training with a smile on the day after crashing out of German Cup

Pep Guardiola appeared in a better spirits as he returned to the training ground on the day after his Bayern Munich side crashed out of the German Cup.

The Spaniard cut a discontented figure as Jurgen Klopp raced past him to celebrate Borussia Dortmund’s dramatic penalty shoot-out victory in the cup semi-finals on Tuesday.

Despite not a single player finding the net in the shoot-out, Guardiola refused to blame his players, saying: ‘I’m proud of my team as never before. You can’t criticise your team when they’ve played so well.

Bayern Munich coach Pep Guardiola was back at Bayern Munich training with a smile on his face

The Bayern manager watches over his team on the day after crashing out of the German Cup

Guardiola heads towards the balls during the training session at the club’s base in Munich

Brazilian defender Dante heads the ball during practice ahead of the weekend’s game with Bayer Leverkusen

(L-R) Tobias Schweinsteiger, Javi Martinez and Gianluca Gaudino compete for the ball during training.