Real Madrid ace Eden Hazard is out of their Champions League clash with Liverpool.

Real Madrid go to Anfield defending a 3-1 lead from the first-leg of their quarterfinal.

Hazard, now nursing an ankle injury, has played just 15 minutes of football since January but has recently returned to full first team training.

There were hopes he may be fit enough to take a place on the bench but those have proved premature.

There has been positive news regarding Fede Valverde, though, as the Uruguayan midfielder will make the trip to England after coming off injured in El Clasico last weekend.

With Hazard, Zinedine Zidane does not want to take any risks with the Belgian and has refused to give in to the pressure of bringing him back for the Clasico or the Liverpool tie.