Brilliant Barcelona

BARCELONA will be without striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for tomorrow night’s game against Arsenal due to injury.

BARCELONA will be without striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for tomorrow night’s game 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.

Ibrahimovic scored twice in the first leg against Arsenal.

The win was achieved with a weakened side as coach Pep Guardiola shuffled his resources ahead of Arsenal’s visit and a La Liga summit meeting at Real Madrid next weekend.

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