No Problems With Guardiola Over Substitution Roles - Lahm

Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm insists that he has no problem with being substituted - despite failing to complete 90 minutes in each of the last three games.

Lahm was withdrawn from action during the matches against Nottingen, Hamburg and Hoffenheim, but the defender accepts the decisions of coach Pep Guardiola.

He told Kicker.de: "For me, it's no problem at all. I've done well in the games, so it's not an issue. It's not so bad."

Philipp Lahm Urges Bayern Munich To Improve

Philipp Lahm has stressed that Bayern Munich must improve in the wake of their underwhelming DFB-Pokal victory over Nottingen on Sunday.

Goals from Arturo Vidal, Mario Gotze and Robert Lewandowski earned the Bundesliga champions a 3-1 victory at the home of their fifth-tier opponents, yet Lahm has acknowledged that Pep Guardiola's men were by no means at their best.

"The most important thing is that we have progressed to the next round and that nobody got injured," the former Germany international was quoted as saying by Kicker.

Real Madrid Are Champions League Favourites - Philipp Lahm

Bayern Munich skipper Philipp Lahm believes that Real Madrid enter this season's Champions League as favourites after winning the competition last year. The Bundesliga champions were beaten 5-0 on aggregate by Carlo Ancelotti's side at the semi-final stage, despite having won the tournament the previous term.

The 30-year-old feels that the Spanish side will be the team to beat once more but is determined to add to his one winners' medal in the European Cup before he calls it a day.

BAYERN MUNICH: Muller And Lahm Sign New Contracts

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich have announced that Philipp Lahm and Thomas Muller have signed new long-term deals with the club. Club captain Lahm has committed himself to a new four-year contract with Muller, a reported target of Manchester United, signing a new five-year deal.

Both men, who are set to play key roles for Germany at the World Cup finals, came through the club’s youth system and, with the exception of a two-year loan spell with Stuttgart in the case of Lahm, have spent their whole careers with Bayern.

“Both Philipp Lahm and Thomas Muller are very important elements of Bayern Munich,” said the club’s chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge.