Niko Kovac has suggested Manuel Neuer will not play for Bayern Munich before their Champions League tie against Liverpool.
The Bayern captain has missed Bayern's last two matches with a hand injury and is not expected to face former club Schalke in the Bundesliga on Saturday.
Bayern lost 3-1 at Bayer Leverkusen last weekend without their number one goalkeeper and conceded a further two goals in an extra-time win at Hertha Berlin in the DFB-Pokal in midweek.
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But Kovac will not rush Neuer back to fitness ahead of Bayern's trip to Anfield on February 19, with Thomas Muller already ruled out of the two-legged tie through suspension.