Aston Villa boss Paul Lambert admits his squad was hit by flu going into their defeat to Arsenal.
Villa were ravaged by a stomach bug which ruled out Darren Bent, Nathan Baker and Ashley Westwood.
Midfielder Westwood withdrew in the warm-up and Andreas Weimann was sick and substituted at half-time while Brad Guzan and Fabian Delph were also ill despite playing.
"We had so much bad luck this week," said Lambert. "Before the game we lost Darren, Nathan and Westy and then Andi at half time. Fabian had a bug and Guzan too.
"I knew we weren't best prepared because of the virus going around. A lot of the staff are not feeling good.
"It's a tough game for us when everyone is 100 per cent fit but the lads were running on empty."
