Having won 14 titles in four years at Barcelona, the 42-year-old Guardiola arrived in Munich to great fanfare in June, quickly making his mark on the team which won the treble of European, league and cup titles last season.

The 4-2-3-1 formation which won the Bundesliga by a 25-point margin has been abandoned for a 4-1-4-1 system while Guardiola has radically experimented with his line up.