Pep Guardiola admits scoring four against an Italian team is a 'big deal' after Bayern Munich's scintillating Juventus comeback

Bayern Munich manager Pep Guardiola has hailed his side's breathtaking comeback victory over Juventus in the Champions League on Wednesday.

The German champions were 2-0 down in the last-16 tie before two late goals, including a 90th minute equaliser from Thomas Muller, took the match to 30 minutes of extra time during which they scored twice more to secure a famous 4-2 victory.

Spaniard Guardiola is leaving at the end of the campaign after three seasons in charge and is desperate to deliver a Champions League trophy to round off his stint in Munich.

Bayern Munich's players celebrate their famous 4-2 win over Italian side Juventus on Wednesday

Bayern manager Pep Guardiola, 45, has hailed his side's breathtaking comeback victory over Juve

An emotional Guardiola cannot quite believe his side's emphatic comeback against the Serie A giants

The Spaniard, who had said before the game he was aware of what he would face should Bayern be eliminated, praised his team's never-say-die attitude after the result.

'To score four times against an Italian team when you trail 2-0 is a big deal,' Guardiola said.

'It was a great game for everyone. We played last season's finalists and we knew they are a great team,' the 45-year-old added.

'If you want to win you have to beat the big teams in Europe and Juventus are awesome.

'There's only one regret - about how we started, not in the right way - we hope it will serve as a lesson for the quarter-finals.'

The victory will forge an even stronger bond between the players as they chase a repeat of their 2013 treble, skipper Philipp Lahm went on to say. 

'This win brings us closer together, it welds us together,' Lahm told reporters.

'It was important to see that everyone, everyone on the bench was pushing us. We need the whole squad, every player of the team if we are to be successful.'

Guardiola's German champions were 2-0 down in the Champions League last-16 second leg match

The Spaniard said before the game that he was aware of what he would face should Bayern be eliminated

Bayern lead the German Bundesliga race by two points, are still in the German Cup and Wednesday's victory sent them into the last eight of Europe's premier club competition for a club record fifth consecutive time.

Juve were left ruing wasted opportunities and a bitter reversal of fortune.

'I am really sorry to have the team eliminated like that,' said coach Massimiliano Allegri.

'We played a great game against a team that has extraordinary players. We played with a lot of personality and should have made it 3-0 when we had the chance.

'We should have been more careful with those last crosses but I am proud of my players,' he said.

Bayern skipper Philipp Lahm says the victory will forge an even stronger bond between his players