Walcott set to miss Barcelona match

By foxsports
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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says Theo Walcott is likely to miss the second leg of the Champions League last-16 match against Barcelona on March 8 because of injury.

Walcott was carried off on a stretcher after spraining his ankle in the second half of Arsenal's 1-0 win over Stoke in the Premier League on Wednesday.

The England winger has been ruled out of Sunday's League Cup final and Wenger says the player will miss the next ''two or three weeks.''

Wenger says ''I would say it's very unlikely he will be fit for the second leg of the Barcelona game. I imagine the worst so maybe I will be surprised in a positive way.''

Arsenal will take a 2-1 lead to the Camp Nou stadium from the first leg.