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Bayern Munich will be without injured central defender Lucio when they take on hosts Barcelona in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.

Lucio, who sustained a muscle injury and was substituted during their 5-1 league defeat by Wolfsburg, will be out for several days.

"His participation for the Bundesliga match on Saturday against Eintracht Frankfurt is also doubtful," the club said on their website.

His fellow central defender Daniel van Buyten returned to Munich after travelling to Belgium for personal reasons and took part in training on Monday. But it was still unclear whether he would be available to play against Barcelona.

"We hope that he can now travel with us to Barcelona," coach Juergen Klinsmann said.

Bayern are also without injured striker Miroslav Klose who is out for several weeks following surgery but Italian striker Luca Toni returned to action and scored against Wolfsburg.

Bayern director Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said the club must quickly atone for the humiliating defeat by Wolfsburg which left them in fourth place, three points off the top with eight matches left.

"We clearly expect that the team bends over backwards now," Rummenigge told the club website. "It is now up to the team. The team has to shoulder the responsibility now."

Rummenigge also backed Klinsmann despite a less than impressive domestic league campaign in his first season in charge.

"The coach has accepted enough public criticism. But it is the team that is on the pitch.

"We have suffered now for two days and we will try to stand up again when we face Barcelona," Rummenigge said.

"This is nearly a mission impossible but through experience we know that wonders do happen in football."

Reuters