Paul Clement opted out of an "easy life" in attempting to help Swansea City stay in the Premier League, according to Angel Rangel.
The Spaniard, who scored the Swans' winner in front of their new boss at Crystal Palace on Tuesday, said: "He could have probably stayed at Bayern Munich and had an easy life.
"But he's decided to come here and face it and you have to give credit to him for that and obviously now we have to respond."
The 34-year-old defender's 88th-minute strike lifted Swansea off the bottom on the day Clement arrived from being assistant at Bayern.