Barca hit by Ibrahimovic injury

UEFA Champions League
Venue: Camp NouDate: Tuesday, 6 April Kick-off: 1945 BST
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Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first leg

Barcelona will be without key striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Tuesday's Champions League quarter-final second leg-tie against Arsenal due to injury.

Ibrahimovic was forced to sit out Barcelona's 4-1 home win over Athletic Bilbao in a Spanish league game after hurting his calf in the warm-up.

The Swede, who joined Barca in the summer, will have a scan on Sunday.

Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first-leg against Arsenal as Barca came away from the Emirates with a 2-2 draw.

Bojan Krkic took Ibrahimovic's place against Bilbao, scoring twice.

The win, achieved with a weakened side as coach Pep Guardiola shuffled his resources ahead of Arsenal's midweek visit and a La Liga summit meeting at Real Madrid next weekend, moved Barcelona three points clear at the top of the league.

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Yaya Toure and Jeffren Suarez also ended the game with knocks and face a race to be fit in time for Tuesday's match.

Barcelona are already without Carles Puyol and Gerard Pique for the game against Arsenal, with both central defenders suspended, and midfielder Andres Iniesta remains a doubt.

"We are short of players for Tuesday and we need support at the Nou Camp, the crowd can push us on - it's a real final," said Guardiola.

"If we advance, we will have the chance to be league and European champions at the end of this season, so it's our most important game of the whole year."

And Guardiola leapt to the defence of Maxwell, who was criticised for his lack of pace up against Arsenal's Theo Walcott in the first leg.

"I have heard some unfair remarks about him following the game against Arsenal, but Theo Walcott can run 100 metres in 10.37," he said.

Ibrahimovic joined Barcelona on a five-year contract in July in a deal that involved the Spanish club paying Inter Milan £40m with Samuel Eto'o moving to the Italian club.

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