Carles Puyol to be out for three weeks

Barcelona defender Carles Puyol is expected to be out for three weeks after sustaining an ankle injury in his side’s 2-0 win over Athletic Bilbao.

Puyol had to be stretchered off in the last minute of the game, and is expected to miss Barcelona’s second leg Champions League round of 16 game against Lyon, as well as two La Liga games against Almeria and Malaga.

Barcelona extended their lead at the top of La Liga to six points as rivals Real Madrid could only draw 1-1 against local rivals Atletico.

This adds to the defensive woes of the Blaugrana as Eric Abidal and Gabriel Milito are also out. Pep Guardiola will have to do some defensive re shuffling and hope that it works till Puyol recovers from his ankle injury.