The Bavarians made last season's fourth-placed side look distinctly average, with a double from Thomas Muller and a spot kick from Arjen Robben ensuring a third straight victory in this season's Bundesliga.
Guardiola was delighted with his team's performance at the Allianz Arena and is keeping his fingers crossed that all of his players come back in one piece from the upcoming international break.
"I am ecstatic, we played against extremely good competitors," the Spanish coach told reporters. "I see almost every game of Roger Schmidt's team, they usually have up to 10 clear-cut chances.
However, today they only had the free kick with which Hakan Calhanoglu hit the woodwork. Against Leverkusen it is very important to have good build-up play in the first third of the field.
"We urgently need to improve our final ball if we want to beat the best teams in Europe, though. Now I just hope the players will come back without any injuries from the international break."
Bayern sit top of the Bundesliga table after three games, but could be leapfrogged by Borussia Dortmund if Thomas Tuchel's men defeat Hertha Berlin at Signal Iduna Park on Sunday.
The reigning German champions will return to competitive action on September 12 at home to Augsburg, which will be followed four days later by a visit to Olympiakos in their first game o the Champions League group stage.
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