The two stars will be return to the starting lineup for Bayern Munich’s clash with Hertha Berlin <\/p>\n
Robert Lewandowski will be restored to the Bayern Munich line-up for their clash with Hertha Berlin on Friday, Niko Kovac confirmed.<\/p>\n
Lewandowski has scored three goals in four Bundesliga appearances this season but was dropped for Sandro Wagner in Tuesday’s 1-1 draw with Augsburg.<\/p>\n
The Bayern coach refused to be drawn into a discussion about Lewandowski’s morale and defended his policy of prioritising the fitness of his top players amid a packed schedule of fixtures.<\/p>\n
Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n Following their trip to Berlin, the Bavarians face Ajax at home in the Champions League on Tuesday before entertaining Borussia Monchengladbach in the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n “The rotation of Lewandowski and Wagner was agreed. [On Friday], the starting line-up will look different again,” said Kovac.<\/p>\n “We should not always discuss whether or not a player is angry. My job is to keep my players fit and fresh for the important games.<\/p>\n “I’ll continue to rotate [versus Hertha], Ajax and\u00a0Gladbach.”<\/p>\n Kovac praised the performances in training of goalkeeper Sven Ulreich but said he has no plans to replace Manuel Neuer, despite the Germany international’s recent error.<\/p>\n Neuer spilled a cross in the 86th minute versus Augsburg and Felix Gotze consequently equalised, ending the champions’ 100 per cent record this season.<\/p>\n “Sven Ulreich is giving fantastic performances in training,” Kovac said of the keeper who made 47 appearances in all competitions last term as Neuer recovered from a foot injury.<\/p>\n “But as long as Manuel Neuer is fit and playing well, there is no need to change anything in that position.”<\/p>\n Bayern will be without Leon Goretzka due to an ankle injury when Kovac returns to the capital to face Hertha, for whom he made 223 appearances across two spells as a player.<\/p>\n “I still have relatives and friends in Berlin,” said the 46-year-old. “There will definitely be some catching up to do after the game.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The two stars will be return to the starting lineup for Bayern Munich’s clash with Hertha Berlin Robert Lewandowski will be restored to the Bayern Munich line-up for their clash with Hertha Berlin on Friday, Niko Kovac confirmed. Lewandowski has scored three goals in four Bundesliga appearances this season but was dropped for Sandro Wagner…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=504"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n